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Name Ronaldo

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From Old Norse words for advice and rule

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About the name Ronaldo in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Portuguese
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Renaldo, Rinaldo, Ronald, Arnaldo, Donald, Donalda, Reynaldo, Rizaldo, Roald, Rolando Details

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

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, 48:Ronnie England+Wales 2021, 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 Ronaldo

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA yearly	Graph	2010 964, 2007 930, 2006 783, 2005 896, 2004 759, 2003 755, 2002 767, 2001 924, 2000 887, 1999 670, 1998 552, 1997 884