ronald
/ˈɹɑ.nəld/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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A surname.
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Example Sentences
- "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?"
- "Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrek-der.? Proto-Germanic *raginą Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-t- Proto-Germanic *wulþǭder.? Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-tider. Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti? Proto-Germanic *waldanąder. Proto-Germanic *waldaz Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz Old Norse Rǫgnvaldrder. Scottish Gaelic Raghnallder. ▲ English Reynoldinflu. English Ronald 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Raghnall, Rǫgnvaldr
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɑ.nəld/
- British English: /ˈɹɒ.nəld/