Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “song.”
Where it comes from
Ronit is a variant of Ranit. An origin associated with Ranit is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Irish use, Ronit is used as a form of Gaelic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ronit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 895
- 554 boys · 341 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 47 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,417 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.
Ronit’s family of names
Ronit has a related form in Ranit. Ronit is an English adaptation of Rathnait.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ronit
- Ronit ElkabetzIsraeli actress and filmmaker (1964–2016)
- Ronit RoyIndian actorborn 1965
- Ronit MatalonIsraeli writer (1959-2017)
- Ronit TiroshIsraeli politicianborn 1953
- Ronit Morecricketerborn 1992
- Ronit LentinIrish sociologistborn 1944
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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