Ronald

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒnəld/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑnəld/
• Rhymes: -ɒnəld

Proper noun

Ronald

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1996, Frank McCourt, chapter VII, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins., →ISBN, 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?

Derived terms

pet forms

• Ron
• Ronnie
• Ronny

 

Related terms

variants

• Reginald
• Reynold

 

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: رُونَالْد m (rūnāld), رُونَالْد m (ronald)
• Bengali: রোনাল্ড (rōnalḍ)
• Catalan: Reginald (ca) m, Reinald (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 朗奴 (long⁵ nou⁴)

  Mandarin: 羅納德／罗纳德 (Luónàdé), 羅納爾德／罗纳尔德 (Luónà'ěrdé)

• Danish: Ronald
• Esperanto: Ronaldo
• French: Ronald (fr) m
• Georgian: რონალდი (ronaldi)
• German: Ronald (de) m
• Greek: Ρονάλδος m (Ronáldos)
• Hebrew: רונלד m
• Hindi: रोनाल्ड m (ronālḍ)
• Italian: Ronaldo m
• Japanese: ロナルド (Ronarudo)
• Korean: 로널드 (Roneoldeu)
• Latvian: Ronalds m
• Norwegian: Ronald (no)
• Occitan: Reinaud m, Renaud m
• Persian: رونالد (ronâld)
• Portuguese: Ronaldo (pt) m, Reinaldo (pt) m
• Russian: Ро́нальд (ru) m (Rónalʹd)
• Spanish: Reynaldo m, Reinaldo (es) m
• Swedish: Ronald (sv)
• Urdu: رونالڈ m (ronālḍ)

See also

• Renaud

 

Anagrams

• Arnold, Orland, Randol, Roland, Roldan, dralon, ladron, lardon

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Ronald.

Proper noun

Ronald

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Old Norse, in turn from the Germanic languages]

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Ronald.

Anagrams

• Roland, Arnold, Roldan, Orland

Danish

Proper noun

Ronald

1. a male given name borrowed from English

Related terms

• Ronni, Ronnie

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ronald

1. a male given name from English

Related terms

• Reinhold
• Reinold

Norwegian

Proper noun

Ronald

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

Related terms

• Ronny

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Ronald c (genitive Ronalds)

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

Related terms

• Ragnvald
• Reinhold
• Ronnie, Ronny

Anagrams

• Arnold, Roland