Rama is from the Senegalese-Wolof rendition of the Arabic Rāmā — also from Sanskrit Rāma (pleasing, charming). A modern American baby name in the broader West African heritage aesthetic. Rama is one of the foundational Senegalese + Malian + Wolof feminine names. Notable bearer: Rama Yade (born 1976) — foundational Senegalese-French politician + journalist + the foundational youngest member of Nicolas Sarkozy's French cabinet as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights (2007-2009) + foundational French Ambassador to UNESCO (2010-2011) + foundational Senior Director of the Atlantic Council Africa Center (2018-present). The foundational first Black woman in a French cabinet under the Fifth Republic. Foundational Wolof-Senegalese-French diaspora feminine name reflecting West African + Francophone-African heritage.
Featured throughout West African heritage.
Rama reduces to six.