English
Etymology
Anglicized from a Scottish Gaelic form of ON. RÇ«gnvaldr, regin "advice" + valdr "ruler", later partly merged with the Germanic equivalent Reynold.
Proper noun
en-proper noun
- given name|male
Translations
see Reynold
Quotations
1996 Frank McCourt?: Angela's Ashes. HarperCollins?. 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
Danish
Proper noun
infl|da|proper noun
- given name|male||da: borrowed from English.
Related terms
Ronni, Ronnie
German
Proper noun
infl|de|proper noun
- given name|male||de: borrowed from English.
Related terms
Reinhold
Norwegian
Proper noun
infl|no|proper noun
- given name|male||no: borrowed from English in the nineteenth century.
Related terms
Ronny
Swedish
Proper noun
infl|sv|proper noun
- given name|male||sv: originally of ON. origin, borrowed back from English in the nineteenth century.
Related terms
Ragnvald
Reinhold
Ronnie, Ronny
de:Ronald
ru:Ronald
sr:Ronald
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