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Ronald en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɑ.nəld/ (US)
  • /ˈɹɒ.nəld/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrek-der.? Proto-Germanic *raginą Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-t- Proto-Germanic *wulþǭder.? Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-tider. Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti? Proto-Germanic *waldanąder. Proto-Germanic *waldaz Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz Old Norse Rǫgnvaldrder. Scottish Gaelic Raghnallder. ▲ English Reynoldinflu. English Ronald Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Raghnall, itself derived from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (“advice”) + valdr (“power”), later partly merged with the Continental Germanic equivalent Reynold.

Meanings

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist. 2024 August 8, Jonathan van Harmelen, “The Little-Known Group That Pioneered Watergate’s Dirty Tricks—and Changed American Politics”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024:
    • Bridey says if she had a son which please God she will some day she'll call him Ronald because she's mad about Ronald Colman that you see in the Coliseum Cinema. Or Errol, now that's another lovely name, Errol Flynn. --- Ronald, says Bridey, Ronald. He's gorgeous. No, says Mam, it has to be Irish. Isn't that what we fought for all these years? What's the use of fighting the English for centuries if we're going to call our children Ronald? 1996, Frank McCourt, chapter VII, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins., →ISBN, pages 203–204:
  2. A surname.
  3. A place in the United States: ▸ A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
  4. A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota.
  5. A place in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington.

Deriveds

Ronnie (pet forms) · Ron (pet forms) · Ronny (pet forms)

Relateds

Renaud · Reynold · Reginald

Translations (32)

bn রোনাল্ড (male given name) · pt Ronaldo (male given name) · cmn 羅納爾德 /罗纳尔德 (male given name) · fr Ronald (male given name) · yue 朗奴 (male given name) · lv Ronalds (male given name) · he רונלד (male given name) · es Reynaldo (male given name) · eo Ronaldo (male given name) · it Ronaldo (male given name) · es Reinaldo (male given name) · no Ronald (male given name) · pt Reinaldo (male given name) · da Ronald (male given name) · oc Reinaud (male given name) · oc Renaud (male given name) · ko 로널드 (male given name) · ar رُونَالْد (male given name) · cmn 羅納德 /罗纳德 (male given name) · hi रोनाल्ड (male given name) · fa رونالد (male given name) · ja ロナルド (male given name) · el Ρονάλδος (male given name) · sv Ronald (male given name) · mr रॉनल्ड (male given name) · ur رونالڈ (male given name) · ca Reginald (male given name) · ca Reinald (male given name) · ru Ро́нальд (male given name) · ar رُونَالْد (male given name) · de Ronald (male given name) · ka რონალდი (male given name)