Ramírez (surname)

Ramírez (surname)

Family name
name = Ramírez


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meaning = "son of Ramiro"
region = Spain
language = Spanish
search = Ramirez
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Ramírez is a patronymic Spanish surname meaning "son of Ramiro". Although it should be properly written with an acute accent on the I, it is commonly written without it. It is the 28th most common first surname in Spain.

People with this name include:

*Aramis Ramírez, third-baseman for the Chicago Cubs
*Ariel Ramírez, composer
*Cuauhtémoc Sandoval Ramírez (b. 1950), Mexican politician
*Edwar Ramírez, relief pitcher for the New York Yankees
*Efren Ramirez (b. 1973), American actor
*Hanley Ramírez, shortstop for the Florida Marlins
*Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan terrorist
*José Ramírez, Spanish luthier
*José Fernando Ramírez, Mexican historian
*José Luis Ramírez, Mexican boxer
*Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez, Sean Connery's character in the "Highlander" films
*Julio Victor Ramirez, hijo (b. 1965), Puerto Rican investigative reporter
*Laureano Ramírez (b. 1965), Dominican flyweight boxer
*Manny Ramírez, left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team
*Maria Teresa Ramírez (b. 1954), Mexican freestyle swimmer
*Michael Ramirez, American editorial cartoonist
*Pilar Ramírez (b. 1964), Mexican synchronized swimmer
*Richard Ramirez, Californian serial killer
*Richard Ramirez (musician), noise musician
*Sara Ramírez (b. 1976), Mexican actress and singer
*Sergio Ramírez, Nicaraguan writer and vice-president
*Twiggy Ramirez, pseudonym of Jeordie White, bass guitarist for the band Marilyn Manson

References

* [http://www.ine.es/en/daco/daco42/nombyapel/nombyapel_en.htm INEbase / Demography and population]


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