Ramses

Ramses represents the Greek variant of the ancient Egyptian name Ramessu and is a traditional boy's name from the time of ancient Egypt. The meaning of the name can be translated as 'son of Ra' or 'born of Ra'.

What does the name Ramses mean?

The name Ramses is derived from the ancient Egyptian Ramessu and means 'the son of Ra' or 'born of Ra'. Its roots can be found in Ancient Egyptian, where the term Riʻmīsisu occurs. This is composed of the elements ra, which stands for 'an ancient Egyptian sun deity', 'sun', or 'day', and mes or mesu (𓅓𓋴𓇋), which means 'son' or 'born'. Ramses or Rameses was also the name of at least eleven pharaohs of ancient Egypt.

Where does the name Ramses come from?

The name Ramses has its roots in Ancient Egyptian and means 'the son of Ra'. The etymology traces back to the ancient Egyptian term Riʻmīsisu, which is composed of ra for an ancient Egyptian sun deity, sun, or day and mes or mesu (𓅓𓋴𓇋) for son or born. The language from which the name originates is Egyptian.

How do you pronounce Ramses?

Ramses is pronounced like 'Rams-es'.

Popularity

In Germany, Ramses is a fairly common first name. The name currently ranks 4,024th on the list of most common male first names. Its best ranking was in 2009 at 1,979th place. Over the last ten years, Ramses has been chosen as a first name approximately 30 times, placing it 4,208th in the ten-year statistics. Between 2010 and 2024, it ranks 5,020th.

Famous people

• Rames II (Pharaoh 19th Dynasty 1279 to 1213 BC)
• Ramses Barden (American football wide receiver)
• Ramses Gado (Romanian footballer)
• Ramses I (Pharaoh 19th Dynasty, 1292 BC to 1290 BC)
• Ramses Shaffy (Dutch chansonnier)
• Ramses Wissa Wassef (Egyptian architect)