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Name Ron

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From Old Norse words for advice and rule

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About the name Ron in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Is short form of:	Ronald
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Aron, Áron, Don, Eron, Ion, Jon, Jón, Ren, Rin, Rin Details

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About Ronald, the group of names with the same origin as Ron

Language of origin:	Old Norse
Info about origin:	Scottish form of an old Norse two-element name Ragnvald
	brought to Scottland by Scandinavian settlers
	the name has common Germanic roots with the German name Reinhold
Words:	regin = the advice Old Norse
	valdr = to rule Old Norse
Topics:	Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	6:Ronald England+Wales 1924, 46:Ronnie England+Wales 2023, 102:Ronny Belgium 2013, 199:Ron Switzerland/German 2019, 552:Ronaldo USA 1998
Somehow related to:	Reinhold
Old/original forms:	Rögnvaldr Old Norse
Name variants:	Ragnvald, Ron, Ronald, Ronaldo, Ronnie, Ronny Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Ron

Series	Graph	Rankings
Switzerland/German		2019 199
USA decades		1990-1999 903
USA yearly	Graph	1995 983, 1993 905

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