At a Glance
- Meaning
- An old salad plant with a turnip-like edible root — the same plant a mother's craving for sets off the fairy tale of Rapunzel
- Origin
- Old French/Italian, from Latin rapum
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- RAM-pee-un
Rampion is an Old French/Italian, from Latin rapum girl's name meaning “An old salad plant with a turnip-like edible root — the same plant a mother's craving for sets off the fairy tale of Rapunzel”. It appears in our list of 200+ Botanical Baby Names for Nature-Loving Parents.
Meaning & Origin of Rampion
Meaning: An old salad plant with a turnip-like edible root — the same plant a mother's craving for sets off the fairy tale of Rapunzel.
Origin: Old French/Italian, from Latin rapum.
How to Pronounce Rampion
RAM-pee-unIPA /ˈɹæmpiən/
Popularity of Rampion
Rampion doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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