Ramsey

Meanings

1. Any of a number of places, including:
2. The second-largest town on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4594).
3. 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).
4. A village in Ramsey and Parkeston parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2130).
5. A ghost town in unorganised north Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A township and village therein, in Fayette County, Illinois, named after Alexander Ramsey.
8. A census-designated place in Jackson Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
9. A township in Kossuth County, Iowa.
10. A city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
11. An unincorporated community in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota.
12. A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Etymology

From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).