Given name
Ronel
“the song of God”
Ronel is used as a given name. One interpretation is “the song of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the song of God.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ronel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 558
- 552 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,465 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,465 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,003 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.
Ronel’s family of names
Ronel has a related form in Ronen. Ronel has a related form in Ronnel. Ronel has a related form in Ronele.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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