Feminine Given Names in DES: Rametta

Feminine Given Names in
A Dictionary of English Surnames

Rametta

Talan Gwynek, Fause Losenge Herald Extraordinary
(Brian M. Scott, scott@math.csuohio.edu)
© 1994 by Brian M. Scott; all rights reserved.


Rametta OFr Ramette. This may be < Lat ramus `branch', perh.given to a child born or baptized on Palm Sunday (le jour desRameaux), but perh. also a dim. of a CG hyp. of a name in Hram-,Ram-.
Rametta 1195, 1228, 1256 Ramett


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