Ramos
See also: ramos
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Ramos, from ramo (“branch”).
Proper noun
Ramos (plural Ramoses)
- A surname from Spanish.
- 2020 April 20, Ariane de Vogue, “Supreme Court says unanimous jury verdicts required in state criminal trials for serious offenses”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 2 June 2021:
- The Supreme Court said Monday that unanimous jury verdicts are required in state criminal trials for serious offenses, handing a victory to criminal defendants including petitioner Evangelisto Ramos, who was convicted of murder in Louisiana on a 10-2 vote. […] In court, a lawyer for Louisiana argued that if the Supreme Court were to rule in favor of Ramos the ruling could apply to some 32,000 people that are currently serving time for serious crimes because thousands of petitioners would come to the court demanding relief.
- A municipality of Tarlac, Philippines.
Meronyms
- barangays of Ramos, Tarlac
- Coral-Iloco
- Guiteb
- Pance
- Poblacion Center
- Poblacion North
- Poblacion South
- San Juan
- San Raymundo
- Toledo
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ramos is the 76th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 263464 individuals. Ramos is most common among Hispanic/Latino (86.79%) individuals.
See also
- city and municipalities of Tarlac
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Ramos
- plural of Ramo
Ilocano
Etymology
From Spanish Ramos, from ramos, plural of ramo (“branch”). Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɾamos/ [ˈɾɐ.mos]
- Hyphenation: Ra‧mos
Proper noun
Ramos
Pangasinan
Etymology
From Spanish Ramos, from ramos, plural of ramo (“branch”). Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ra‧mos
Proper noun
Ramos
- a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Ramos
- Ramos (a municipality of Tarlac, Philippines)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mus/ [ˈhɐ̃.mus]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.muʃ/ [ˈχɐ̃.muʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɐ.mos/ [ˈhɐ.mos]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁɐ.muʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁa.muʃ/
- Hyphenation: Ra‧mos
- Homophone: ramos
Proper noun
Ramos ?
- a surname
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “branches”, from ramo (“branch”), from Latin rāmus (“branch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈramos/ [ˈra.mos]
- Rhymes: -amos
- Syllabification: Ra‧mos
Proper noun
Ramos m or f by sense
- a surname
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Ramos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Ramos, from ramos, plural of ramo (“branch”). Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɾamos/ [ˈɾaː.mos]
- Rhymes: -amos
- Syllabification: Ra‧mos
Proper noun
Ramos (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜓᜐ᜔)
- a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Ramos
- Fidel Valdez Ramos ― Fidel Ramos (11th President of the Philippines)
- Ramos (a municipality of Tarlac, Philippines)