Ronald

English

Etymology

Anglicized from a Scottish Gaelic form of Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (“advice”) + valdr (“power”), later partly merged with the Continental Germanic equivalent Reynold.

Proper noun

Ronald

1. A male given name.
   • 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes. HarperCollins. ISBN 0 00 649840 X. Chapter VII, pages 203-204:

     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?

Related terms

• pet forms: Ron, Ronnie, Ronny
• variants:Reginald, Reynold

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: রোনাল্ড (bn)
• Catalan: Reginald (ca) m
• Danish: Ronald (da)
• German: Ronald (de)
• Greek: Ρονάλδος (el) m (Ronáldos)

• Italian: Ronaldo (it)
• Latvian: Ronalds (lv) m
• Norwegian: Ronald (no)
• Portuguese: Ronaldo (pt)
• Swedish: Ronald (sv)

Anagrams

• Arnold, dralon, Roland

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Danish

Proper noun

Ronald

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

Related terms

• Ronni, Ronnie

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German

Proper noun

Ronald

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

Related terms

• Reinhold

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Ronald

1. A male given name borrowed from English in the 19th century.

Related terms

• Ronny

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Swedish

Proper noun

Ronald

1. A male given name originally of Old Norse origin, borrowed back from English in the 19th century.

Related terms

• Ragnvald
• Reinhold
• Ronnie, Ronny