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I think Ramona's kind of cute, but I don't like Beatrice at all. Beverly Cleary chose Ramona after she heard a neighbor calling out for "Ramona" one day. In the books, Beezus is named after her mother's sister, Aunt Beatrice. Ramona's middle name is the indisputably bad Geraldine.
Their baby sister is Roberta Day, Day being the mother's maiden name. Roberta was probably after the father, Bob.