Ramsey

Where Ramsey comes from

From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ramsey
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1894
    First appearance
    #857 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Ramsey Clark born
    American lawyer and peace activist
  3. 1935
    Ramsey Lewis born
    American jazz composer
  4. 1980
    Peak, #847
    109 babies named Ramsey — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Ramsey Clark · American lawyer and peace activist, 1927–2021
  • Ramsey Lewis · American jazz composer, 1935–2022
  • Ramsey Nouah · Nigerian actor, born 1970
  • Ramsey Angela · Dutch athlete, born 1999
  • Ramsey Nasr · Dutch actor, born 1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.