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Ronnie
Say it: RON-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Ronald, from Old Norse Rögnvaldr, from regin 'counsel, the gods' + valdr 'ruler'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common as an independent name in the US from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 189,599 babies given this name since 1902
- At its height in 1946, about 1 in 284 boys
- 259 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ronny
Famous bearers
- Ronnie Wood, English guitarist
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- 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.