Ramona
A Latin name meaning "wise protector". So rare in Poland that most people here have never met one: fewer than a thousand carry it, and it stays exclusively a girl's name.
Ramona Pronunciation
Ramona is pronounced rah-MO-nah (/raˈmɔna/).
What Ramona means
Where Ramona comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ramona is the feminine form of the Spanish Ramón, a name at home in Madrid and across Latin America. Its roots are Latin. The meaning that Polish speakers reach for is mądra obrończyni, a wise protector, and that sense sits inside the name like a plain instruction: guard, and guard with judgment.
In 1884 the American writer Helen Hunt Jackson published a novel called Ramona, set in the old Spanish ranchos of California. The book carried the name far beyond the Hispanic world, and generations of readers met their first Ramona on its pages.
Polish has no settled diminutive to soften it. On a school register the name stands at full length, four clear syllables, and a girl learns early to spell it for teachers who expect something shorter. Ramona, the wise protector.
How many people are named Ramona
1 in 23122 women in Poland is named Ramona. 975 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #978 among female names.
Ramona's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1792 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #978 name among living women, even as it slips to #1792 among newborns.
Where Ramona is most popular
Ramona is most popular in Silesian, 850% above the national average (3 girls born 2019–2025).
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Silesian3 girls born+850%
Ramona as a middle name
Ramona is a first name for 975 women in Poland and a middle name for another 407, a 71/29 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 339th, between Johanna (409) and Wanesa (407).
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#337 Jagna412
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#338 Johanna409
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#339 Ramona407
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#340 Wanesa407
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#341 Helga406