Baby name

FADING BOY · OLD NORSE-GERMANIC
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Ronny

/RON · ee/


“Wise ruler”

Scandinavian and German form of Ronnie, a short form of Ronald from Old Norse Rögnvaldr (wise ruler); the -y spelling is more common in Germany and Scandinavia than the -ie form.

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gentle

How it ages.

Feels mid-century Scandinavian and German; aging without embarrassment but not being revived either.

The cultural moment.

Common in Germany and Scandinavia from the 1960s through the 1980s; declining in new births since the 1990s.