Meaning of name Ronald

The name Ronald has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Ronald is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 232 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Ronald fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 34 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 341 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Ronald in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Ronald is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Reynold. See other suggested English baby names.

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The following names are baby names related to Ronald and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Ronald: Boys - Bedford, Brain, Clayton, Dane, Denton, Denzel, Doctor, Drake, Dudley, Dunstan, Elton, Fletcher, Glover, Grayson, Jayce, Lamar, Landon, Lawson, Lincoln, Miller, Norton, Girls - Aleta, Amelia, Corda, Dayna, Fronie, India, Julissa, Katie, Kaya, Lu, Mckenna, Mettie, Paula, Tatum, Tawana, Both genders - Bailey, Devon, Hollis, Leigh, Sonny

The name Ronald is a variant of Reynold. Other popular variants of the name Reynold are: Raghnall (Irish), Ragnvald (Scandinavian), Rainault, Rainhold, Ranald (Scottish), Raynal, Raynald, Raynaldo, Raynold, Reginald (English), Reinald, Reinaldo (Portuguese), Reinaldos, Reinhold (German), Reino (Finnish), Reinold, Reinwald, Renado, Renald, Renaldi, Renaldo, Renato, Renaud (French), Renauld, Renauldo, Renault, Rennold, Renold, Renould, Rey, Reynaldo (Spanish), Reynaldos, Reynaud (French), Reynauldo, Reynol, Rheinallt (Welsh), Rinald, Rinaldi, Rinaldo (Italian), Ronald, Ronaldo (Portuguese)

We think the name Ronald should fall under the following style category: African-American.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Ronald to be: Wealthy, intelligent and ambitious chap

In one word, you might describe Ronald as a(n) "ambitious" person.

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