Given name
Rhona
“from the rough island”
Rhona has a related form in Rona. One Scottish interpretation is “from the rough island.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rhona has a related form in Rona. One Scottish interpretation is “from the rough island.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Rhona is a feminine form of Ronald.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rhona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,687
- 0 boys · 1,687 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 89 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 89 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,028 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rhona’s family of names
In French usage, Rhona is a feminine form of Ronald. Rhona has a related form in Rona.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rhona
- Rhona MitraBritish actress (born 1976)
- Rhona MartinScottish and British curler and coachborn 1966
- Rhona BennettAmerican singer and actressborn 1976
- Rhona Robertsonbadminton playerborn 1970
- Rhona HaszardNew Zealand artist, painter and printmaker (1901–1931)
- Rhona BrankinScottish politicianborn 1950
- Rhona BrownSouth African artist (1922-2014)
- Rhona SimpsonBritish field hockey playerborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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