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Girl · English (modern), possibly from a Welsh place name
Rhonda
Say it: RON-duh
Meaning
A 20th-century coinage, probably influenced by the Rhondda valley in Wales; the claimed Welsh meaning 'good spear' is a modern folk etymology.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
Peaked in the US in the 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 208,583 babies given this name since 1910
- At its height in 1965, about 1 in 161 girls
- 12 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ronda
Famous bearers
- Rhonda Fleming, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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