The story behind Ramadan
Borrowed from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).
Pronunciation
English; dialect unspecified: /ɹæməˈdɑːn/
Regional pronunciation variants
- English; dialect unspecified: /ˈɹæmədæn/
- English; dialect unspecified: /ɹɑːməˈdɑːn/
- English; dialect unspecified: /ˈɹɑːmədɑːn/
- English; dialect unspecified: /ɹəməˈðɑːn/
- English; dialect unspecified: /ɹəməˈzɑːn/
- English; dialect unspecified: /ɹəmˈzɑːn/
Popularity
Ramadan ranked #8763 in US for 2025.
Source: SSA national baby names
Names Similar to Ramadan
Ramazan
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رمضان (ramazân), from Persian رمضان (ramazân), from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Deraman
Contraction of Abdul Rahman, which is from Arabic عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَن (ʕabdu r-raḥman).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Fahrettin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فخر الدين, borrowed from Arabic فَخْر الدِّين (faḵr ad-dīn, “glory of the religion”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Saifuddin
From Arabic سَيْفُ ٱلدِين (sayfu d-dīn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Şemsettin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمس الدین (şems ed-din), from Arabic شَمْس الدِّين (šams ad-dīn, “sun of the religion”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Sulemān
Borrowed from Classical Persian سُلَیْمَان (sulaymān), from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), from Classical Syriac ܫܠܹܝܡܘܿܢ (š'lêmōn), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Ramadan
Abaz
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عباس (ʼabbas), from Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, literally “frowning; lion”). For the final /z/ compare abanoz. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عباس…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abbas
From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an. From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abdoel
From the Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”), not a complete name in Arabic.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Ramadan
Aaliyah
Popularized by American singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979-2001). Transliteration of Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Abacar
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr, literally “father of a young camel; father of a person named Bakr”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Abbas
From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an. From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length