Given name
Ronna
“from the rough island”·“displaying her true image”
Ronna is a variant of Rona. One Scottish interpretation is “from the rough island.” Ronna is a variant of Ronni. In English use, Ronni carries the interpretation “displaying her true image.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ronna is a variant of Rona. One Scottish interpretation is “from the rough island.” Ronna is a variant of Ronni. In English use, Ronni carries the interpretation “displaying her true image.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ronna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,623
- 0 boys · 4,623 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 157 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 girls is 7 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 157 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,038 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.
Ronna’s family of names
Ronna has a related form in Rona. Ronna has a related form in Ronni.
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ronna
- Ronna McDanielChairwoman of the Republican National Committee from 2017 to 2024born 1973
- Ronna RomneyAmerican politicianborn 1943
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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