Parent’s name
Ramirez surname meaning
Son of Ramiro — Spanish patronymic (Germanic personal name).
The short story
Ramirez means "son of Ramiro." Ramiro is an old Iberian given name with Germanic (Visigothic) roots; the Spanish -ez ending marks descent the same way it does in Hernández or Gutiérrez.
It is a parent's-name surname, not a craft. The accented Ramírez is the Spanish spelling; US Census tallies usually show Ramirez without the mark. Portuguese-influenced Ramires is a near cousin with the same idea. Unrelated lines can share the spelling without sharing one ancestor.
Also seen as: Ramírez, Ramires
Sources used
- Wikipedia 'Ramírez (surname)' (son of Ramiro)
- Ancestry surname meaning for Ramirez citing Spanish patronymic from Ramiro
- Names2020_LastNames_RaceHispanic_Top1000.xlsx (2020 Census)