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View Name: Ramiro


RAMIRO
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Spanish
PRONOUNCED: rah-MEE-ro   [key]
Meaning & History
Spanish form of Ramirus, a Latinized form of a Visigothic name derived from the Germanic elements ragin "advice" and mari "famous". Saint Ramirus was a 6th-century prior of the Saint Claudius Monastery in Leon. He and several others were executed by the Arian Visigoths, who opposed orthodox Christianity.
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