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[edit] Person's name

Rami is a given name, and sometimes a surname, which is popular among Arabs in the Levant. It is also a surname among Indians, specially Gujarati. In Arabic, Rami is derived from the verb "to throw" and means archer or good marksman; literally, "the one who throws the arrow." The Hebrew version of the name (Hebrew: רמי‎), however, is derived from the Hebrew word רָם Ram, meaning high, tall, or exalted. The Indian version of the surname is used by Gujarati florist community. It is derived from 'Rama', the legendary king of Ayodhya in ancient India.

Persons with the given name Rami:

• Rami bar Abi, a Jewish sage in the Talmud
• Rami Jaffee, a keyboardist with The Wallflowers
• Rami Hanash, an author and attorney who practices environmental law in the United States
• Rami Yacoub, a member of the songwriting–production crew of Maratone
• Rami Malek, an American actor of Egyptian descent
• Rami Shaaban, a Swedish professional soccer player

Persons with the surname Rami:

• Ahmed Rami (poet), (1892–1981), an Egyptian poet
• Ahmed Rami (writer), (born 1946), a Swedish–Moroccan writer and Holocaust denier
• Yousef Al Rami, the Arabic name given to Joseph of Arimathea, mentioned in the Gospels as the wealthy person in whose tomb Jesus was buried

[edit] Term of anatomy

Rami is the plural of ramus, literally a branch, as of a plant, nerve, or blood vessel. It may also refer to Ramie, a flowering plant, sometimes spelled without a trailing 'e'.

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