Ramzan
An Arabic name for Ramadan, the fasting month, from a root meaning "scorched" by summer heat. Just 127 men in Poland carry it, nearly all given the name in the mid-2000s and none since: most Poles have never met one.
Ramzan Pronunciation
Ramzan is pronounced RAHM-zahn (/ˈramzan/).
What Ramzan means
Where Ramzan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ramzan comes from the Arabic name for the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan. Persian and the languages of Central Asia reshaped the sound, so Ramaḍān became Ramzan on the way east. Chechens and Tatars carry this form.
The root underneath is older than the fasting month. Arabic ramaḍ means scorching heat, the ground gone parched under a hard sun. When the lunar month took its name, it fell in that burning season, so the word for heat became the word for the month. The sense "ramadan" sits on an older sense: scorched, parched.
One documented bearer is Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic, born in 1976. Many boys named Ramzan were born during the fast itself.
In a Polish school register the name is rare. A boy called Ramzan stands out on the list. The name points back to one thing: the hot month, ramadan.
How many people are named Ramzan
1 in 168080 men in Poland is named Ramzan. 127 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2966 among male names.
Ramzan's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Ramzan as a middle name
Ramzan is a first name for 127 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 98/2 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 8576th, between Ramunas (2) and Rangana (2).
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