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Meaning of the nameRonny

Ronny is a spelling of the name Roni, which means “diminutive of Ronald, from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, 'counsel' plus 'power'”.

Meaning

“diminutive of Ronald, from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, 'counsel' plus 'power'”

Source: Wiktionary: Ronny · Behind the Name: Ronny · Wiktionary: Ronald

People (2022)
2,725
Rank in Brazil
#4,144
Median age
31 years
2010 Census
1,803
people

Ronny in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ronny, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (797 people).

32 women 2,693 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ronny is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ronny in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Amazonas 0.004%
  2. Maranhão 0.002%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  4. Goiás 0.002%
  5. Pará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4360.001%
Rio de Janeiro2980.002%
Minas Gerais2190.001%
Maranhão1410.002%
Amazonas1360.004%
Ceará1350.002%
Pará1310.002%
Goiás1300.002%
Paraná1170.001%
Pernambuco960.001%
Espírito Santo860.002%
Bahia810.001%
Santa Catarina810.001%
Roraima770.012%
Mato Grosso740.002%
Rio Grande do Norte690.002%
Distrito Federal640.002%
Paraíba610.002%
Piauí560.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul520.002%
Sergipe450.002%
Rio Grande do Sul370.000%
Alagoas350.001%
Rondônia230.002%
Tocantins220.002%
Amapá160.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Ronny

With a double n and y, it follows the English spelling of the diminutive of Ronald and also appears more, proportionally, in Amazonas.

About the name Roni

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) groups Roni, Ronni, Ronny, Rony and Rhony as spellings of the same name. For Ronny, Wiktionary and Behind the Name indicate an English diminutive of Ronald, a name that Wiktionary links to the Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn, 'counsel', and valdr, 'power'. The origin of the spellings Roni and Rony is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 21,622 people named Roni, with a median age of 38; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Roni

SpellingPeople (2022)
Roni21,622
Rony9,194
Ronny2,725

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ronny · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Ronny · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Ronald · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Roni · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ronny

What does the name Ronny mean?

Ronny means “diminutive of Ronald, from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, 'counsel' plus 'power'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ronny in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,725 people with the first name Ronny, which ranks it number 4,144 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Ronny a boy's or a girl's name?

Ronny is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 32 women and 2,693 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ronny?

Ronny is a name of Germanic and English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ronny most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Ronny (136 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ronny?

Roni and Rony. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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