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Boy · Old Irish
Rónán
Say it: ROH-nawn
Meaning
From Old Irish rón 'seal' with the diminutive -án: 'little seal'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 14,338 babies given this name since 1959
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 1,300 boys
- 1,274 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ronan
| Breton | Ronan |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Ronan, venerated at Locronan in Brittany
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.