Ronelle
Feminine
Ronelle is given to both — 588 girls and 69 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Ronelle is a name that gives Ron the French -elle, so a daughter can share a Ronald's name. Said aloud it is close to rondel, the short poem a captive French duke wrote in England.
How old is the name Ronelle?
Ronelle first appears in US birth records in 1941 — 84 years ago. The typical Ronelle alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 500 people named Ronelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ronelle most popular?
Ronelle peaked in 1967, reaching #2492 nationally. See the whole 1967 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ronelle
Charles, Duke of Orléans, was pulled from under the dead at Agincourt and held prisoner in England for twenty-five years; he passed the time writing ballades and rondels, short poems that return to their opening lines, and one to his wife is often called the oldest surviving valentine. Ronelle was not taken from the rondel; it came from Ron and the -elle of its day. But it shares its sound with a poem that comes back to where it began.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Ronelle adds -elle to Ron, and nothing records why; it may honor a Ronald in the family.
Pronouncing Ronelle
roh-NEL
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Ronelle
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1941
- Most girls named
- 196724 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2492reached in 1967
- Change vs 2002
- 0.0%5 in 2009, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ronelles among us
people named Ronelle are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Ronelle sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Built on a familiar name.
- Comes with ready short forms.
- Can honor a Ronald in the family.
- People will write Ronell or Ranelle.
- Most children with this spelling are girls, but a real minority are boys; either may be taken for the other.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ronelles are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Ronelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ronelle in 2025?
- Ronelle is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Ronelle with classmates?
- Ronelle will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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