Name: Ransom
Gender: Male
Usage: Ransom is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Ransom are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ransom is: Son of rand.
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Numerology of the first name Ransom: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Ransom is ranked on the 21,113th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 9900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Ransom has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Ransom for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Ransom is a male given name which may refer to:
- Ransom Cook (1794–1881), American inventor
- Ransom W. Dunham (1838–1896), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Ransom Dunn (1818–1900), American minister and theologian
- Ransom H. Gillet (1800–1876), U.S. Representative from New York
- Ransom Halloway (1793–1851), U.S. Representative from New York
- Ransom A. Myers (1952–2007), marine biologist and conservationist
- Ransom E. Olds (1864–1950), American automotive industry pioneer, for whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named
- Ransom Riggs, American writer and filmmaker
- Ransom B. Shelden, Sr. (1814–1878), founder of Houghton, Michigan
- Ransom Stephens, American physicist and writer
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