Ramsey
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹæmzi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Ramsey
- Any of a number of places, including:
- The second-largest town on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4594).
- A small town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, originally in the county of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2885). [1]
- A village in Ramsey and Parkeston parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2130).
- A ghost town in unorganised north Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A township and village therein, in Fayette County, Illinois, named after Alexander Ramsey.
- A census-designated place in Jackson Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
- A township in Kossuth County, Iowa.
- A city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota.
- A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Huntingdonshire.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.