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Latin spelling of the Arabic name رَمَضان (Ramadan)
From the name of the fasting month of the Islamic calendar. It is derived from Arabic رمض (ramad) = 'parchedness', 'scorchedness', 'great heat' [1] [2]
Ramadan | ♀/♂ |
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Arabic |
Ramazan | ♀/♂ |
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Turkish |
Ramadan is a name used among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[3] |
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420 | 798 | 2 | 141 | 418 | 657 |
Denmark[4] |
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118 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
118 | n.a. |
Finland[5] |
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n.a. |
131 | n.a. |
12 | n.a. |
119 |
Iceland[6] |
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2 | 2 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[7] |
|
111 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
111 | n.a. |
Greenland[8] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |