The ramage Surname
ramage Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: nickname for a savage or unpredictable individual, from Middle English, Old French rammage ‘wild’ (applied to a bird of prey), Late Latin ramaticus, from ramus ‘branch’. Compare Savage.
- French: from a derivative of Old French ramu ‘branch’, with the sense ‘forest’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a forest. The term ramage also had a legal sense, denoting the right to cut branches within a manorial forest, and in some cases the surname may have arisen from a nickname for someone who had this feudal right.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Ramages: from SCT to Australia | S Thomson | 35 |
| RAMAGE,Benjamin 1710 Co. Monahan,Ireland | Ann Jensen | 10 |
| Ramages from Oakley Iron works Fife |
 razzie62
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| Ramage - France to England to Ireland to PA |
FredBoory
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| Sarah Ramage - born 1823, Canada |
DavidWhite202
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| Catherine Ramage, West Lothian / Linlithgow? | Dave Smith | 1 |
| CHARLES RAMAGE/ GEORGE RAMAGE.. | maggie | 6 |
| james Ramage & jane bombard |
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| Ramage, Carl |
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| Family history |
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