Given name & surname
Roney
“song of Joy”
Roney is a variant of Ron. One English interpretation is “song of Joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Roney is a variant of Ron. One English interpretation is “song of Joy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Roney connects to the Ronald name family through Ron. An origin associated with Ronald is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Roney connects to the Ronald name family through Ron. The history of Ronald gives this family its wider story. Ronald was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Roney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 888
- 883 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 933 as a first name in 2020; 5,703 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Roney’s family of names
Roney has a related form in Ron. In Greek usage, Roney as a surname is a transliteration of Ρόνεϋ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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