Meaning and background
The story behind Ramona
Ramona is the feminine form of Ramón in Behind the Name’s main reference. The entry also describes its literary visibility through Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 novel Ramona and later film adaptations. These give different possible reasons to choose the name: an inherited family-name relationship or a deliberate literary tribute. A dog’s individual story can identify which mattered, without treating the novel as the source of every historical Ramona.
- Origin
- Feminine form of Ramón; English-language visibility was helped by Helen Hunt Jackson’s novel. Source
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About Ramona
Recorded as a dog’s name
Ramona appears in 12 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹəmoʊnə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ɹəmoʊnə/ · primary stress on syllable 2R AH0 M OW1 N AH0
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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