Ronald
Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse Rögnvaldr., or possibly from Old English Regenweald, see Searle's Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum page 397. In some cases Ronald is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Raghnall, a name likewise derived from Rögnvaldr. The latter name is composed of the Old Norse elements regin and valdr. Ronald was originally used in England and Scotland, where Scandinavian influences were once substantial, although now the name is common throughout the English-speaking world. A short form of Ronald is Ron. Pet forms of Ronald include Roni, and Ronnie. A feminine form of Ronald is Ronalda, or Rhonda. Rhona, a modern name apparently only dating back to the late nineteenth century, may have originated as a feminine form of Ronald. The names Renaud/Renault and Reynold/Reinhold are cognates from French and German respectively. The name Ronaldo is a cognate from Spanish and Portuguese.
People with the name
- Ronald I of Buganda
- Ronald Acuna, Venezuelan baseball player
- Ronald Alcock, British stamp dealer and philatelic speaker
- Ronalds Arājs, Latvian athlete
- Ronald Arculli, Former chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Non-official Members Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and a senior partner at King & Wood Mallesons.
- Ron Atkinson, English football manager
- Ronald Bandell, Dutch mayor
- Ronnie Barker, British comedian, known as one half of The Two Ronnies
- Ronnie Belliard, retired American baseball player
- Ronnie Biggs, British train robber
- Ron Blomberg, American major league baseball player
- Ronald Burkle, American businessman
- Ronnie Burns, part-time actor best noted as the adopted son of George Burns and Gracie Allen
- Ronnie Burns, Australian singer
- Ronnie Burns, former Australian rules footballer with the Geelong and Adelaide Football Clubs
- Ron Butlin , Canadian ice hockey executive
- Ronald Castree, British child murderer
- Ronald Cerritos, Salvadoran footballer
- Ronald Cheng, Hong Kong pop star and movie actor
- Ron Chernow, American writer, journalist, historian and biographer
- Ronalds Cinks, Latvian ice hockey player
- Ronald D. Coleman, American politician
- Ronald Colman, English actor
- Ronnie Corbett, British comedian, known for his role as the other half of The Two Ronnies
- Ronald de Boer, Dutch football player
- Ronald DeFeo Jr, American mass murder and family annihilator
- Ronald dela Rosa, Filipino politician and retired police general
- Ron Dennis, British businessman
- Ron DeSantis, American politician
- Ronnie James Dio, American singer for Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven and Hell
- Ronald Dominique, prolific American serial killer and rapist
- Ronnie Drew, Irish singer and a founding member of The Dubliners
- Ron Eldard, American actor
- Ronald Evans, American astronaut
- Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York
- Ronald Ferguson, American researcher of the racial education achievement gap
- Ronald Fisher, British statistician and geneticist
- Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower
- Ronald J. Garan, Jr., American astronaut
- Ronald Girones, Cuban judoka
- Ronald Gora, American swimmer
- Ronald "Ronnie" Kray, English killer and robber
- Ronald McDonald, fictional character, mascot of McDonald's restaurants
- Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun, British Conservative politician
- Ron Greenwood, English football player and manager
- Ron Guidry, American baseball pitcher, New York Yankees
- Ron Hackenberger, American businessman and car collector
- Ronald Max Hartwell, Australian historian
- Ronald Harvey, English cricketer
- Ronald A. Heifetz, cofounder of the Center for Public Leadership at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Ronald Herd, American professional wrestler
- Ronald K. Hoeflin, American philosopher
- Ronald Holassie, Trinidad and Tobago long-distance runner
- Ronald "Ron" Howard, American filmmaker and actor
- L. Ron Hubbard, American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology
- Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, American pornographic actor, filmmaker, actor, and stand-up comedian
- Ronald Isley, R&B singer
- Ron Johnson, senior United States Senator for Wisconsin
- Ronald Jones , American football player
- Ron Jones, British track and field athlete
- Ronald Joseph, American figure skater
- Ron Keel, heavy metal vocalist and guitarist for a number of bands from the 1980s to the modern day
- Ronalds Ķēniņš, Latvian ice hockey player
- Ron Kind, American congressman
- Ronald Klink, Democratic politician and former United States Representative from Pennsylvania
- Ronald Koeman, Dutch football player and coach
- Ron LeFlore, Detroit Tigers
- Ronald Lacey British actor
- Ronald Lanzoni, Costa Rican long-distance runner
- Dr.Ronald Leung, Hong Kong politician and businessman in banking
- Ron Mael, American musician and songwriter
- Ronald Mallett, American physicist
- Ronald Mason Jr., African-American university president
- Rónald Matarrita, Costa Rican footballer
- Ronald Méndez, Venezuelan volleyball player
- Ronald D. Moore, American screenwriter and television producer
- David Ronald Musgrove, Democratic politician and former governor of Mississippi, better known as "Ronnie Musgrove"
- Ronald Clark O'Bryan, American murderer
- Ronnie O'Sullivan, British snooker player
- Ronald Patrick, American football player
- Ron Paul, Texan congressman
- Ronald Pelton, American intelligence analyst and convicted spy
- Ron Perlman, American actor
- Ron Petersen, American mycologist using the standard author abbreviation "R.H.Petersen"
- Ronald Pofalla, German politician and manager
- Ronald Powell, American football player
- Ronald van Raak, Dutch politician
- Ronald Reagan, former actor, Governor of California and 40th President of the United States
- Ronald Reid-Daly, Rhodesian military commander
- Ronald Ringsrud, US author and emerald expert
- Ron Rivest, American cryptographer
- Ron Saunders, English football player and manager
- Ronald Scobie, British Army officer
- Ronald "Bon" Scott, lead singer of AC/DC from 1974–1980
- Ronald Schill, German judge and politician
- Ronald L. Schlicher, American diplomat
- Ronald Alan Schulz, American civilian contract worker killed in Iraq
- Ronnie Schneider, American Rock and roll manager
- Ronald Searle, British cartoonist
- Ronald "Ron" Sexmith, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Ronald Gene Simmons, American spree killer and family annihilator
- Ronald Steele, American basketball player
- Ronald Stretton, British track cyclist
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, British writer
- Ron Underwood, American film director
- Ronnie Vannucci, Jr., American musician and member of The Killers
- Ronnie Van Zant, American musician
- Ronald Venetiaan, former president of Suriname
- Ronald Washington, American baseball player and manager
- Ronnie Wood, British rock musician, and artist
- Ronald Wright American professional boxer
- Ronalds Žagars, Latvian former football goalkeeper
- Ronald Zilberberg, Israeli Olympic figure skater
- Ronald Zoodsma, Dutch volleyball player
Fictional people with the name
- Ronald McDonald, mascot of McDonald's
- Ronald the Cat, Nature Cat's next door neighbor and arch-enemy
- Ronald Weasley, a main character from Harry Potter, best friend of Harry Potter
- Ron Stoppable, Kim Possible's sidekick from Disney animated series Kim Possible
- Ron Swanson, the mustachioed libertarian director of the eponymous department in the sitcom Parks and Recreation.
- Ronald "Ronnie" Raymond, half of the DC Comics superhero Firestorm.
- Ronald "Red" Daniels, main protagonist of the campaign.
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