Meanings
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist.
2024 August 8, Jonathan van Harmelen, “The Little-Known Group That Pioneered Watergate’s Dirty Tricks—and Changed American Politics”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Aug 20241 more example
Bridey says if she had a son which please God she will some day she'll call him Ronald because she's mad about Ronald Colman that you see in the Coliseum Cinema. Or Errol, now that's another lovely name, Errol Flynn. --- Ronald, says Bridey, Ronald. He's gorgeous. No, says Mam, it has to be Irish. Isn't that what we fought for all these years? What's the use of fighting the English for centuries if we're going to call our children Ronald?
1996, Frank McCourt, chapter VII, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins., →ISBN, pages 203–204 - A surname.
- A place in the United States:
- A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*Hrek-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*raginą
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂welh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wl̥h₁-t-
- Proto-Germanic*wulþǭder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*welH-
- Proto-Indo-European*wélH-dʰe-ti
- Proto-Indo-European*we-wólH-dʰe-ti?
- Proto-Germanic*waldaną
- Proto-Germanic*waldaz
- Proto-Germanic*Raginawaldaz
- Old NorseRǫgnvaldr
- Scottish GaelicRaghnall
- EnglishReynoldinflu.
- EnglishRonald
Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Raghnall, itself derived from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (“advice”) + valdr (“power”), later partly merged with the Continental Germanic equivalent Reynold.
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Arabic رُونَالْد, رُونَالْد
- رُونَالْد (rūnāld)male given name
- رُونَالْد (ronald)male given name
Bengali রোনাল্ড
- রোনাল্ড (rōnalḍ)male given name
Catalan Reginald, Reinald
- Reginaldmale given name
- Reinaldmale given name
Chinese Cantonese 朗奴
- 朗奴male given name
Chinese Mandarin 羅納德 /罗纳德, 羅納爾德 /罗纳尔德
- 羅納德 /罗纳德 (Luónàdé)male given name
- 羅納爾德 /罗纳尔德 (Luónà'ěrdé)male given name
Danish Ronald
- Ronaldmale given name
Esperanto Ronaldo
- Ronaldomale given name
French Ronald
- Ronaldmale given name
German Ronald
- Ronaldmale given name
Greek Ρονάλδος
- Ρονάλδος (Ronáldos)male given name
Hebrew רונלד
- רונלדmale given name
Hindi रोनाल्ड
- रोनाल्ड (ronālḍ)male given name
Italian Ronaldo
- Ronaldomale given name
Japanese ロナルド
- ロナルド (Ronarudo)male given name
Korean 로널드
- 로널드 (Roneoldeu)male given name
Latvian Ronalds
- Ronaldsmale given name
Norwegian Ronald
- Ronaldmale given name
Persian رونالد
- رونالد (ronâld)male given name
Portuguese Ronaldo, Reinaldo
- Ronaldomale given name
- Reinaldomale given name
Russian Ро́нальд
- Ро́нальд (Rónalʹd)male given name
Spanish Reynaldo, Reinaldo
- Reynaldomale given name
- Reinaldomale given name
Swedish Ronald
- Ronaldmale given name
Urdu رونالڈ
- رونالڈ (ronālḍ)male given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Ronald
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Cite this entry
Ronald. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ronald
“Ronald.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ronald. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ronald,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ronald.
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