Etymograph

English

Ramzi

Ramzi comes from Arabic رَمْزِيّ ‘symbolic’, and goes back to رَمْز.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَمْزramz‘symbol’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentرَمْزِيّramziyy‘symbolic’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1995Ramzi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَمْزramz‘symbol’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentرَمْزِيّramziyy‘symbolic’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1995Ramzi

Earliest quotation: 1995, Mary Anne Weaver, Children of the Jihad: “Abdul Basit’s life as one of America’s most-wanted men…”

Today it means

name A male given name from Arabic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic رَمْز / Ramzi