Ronnie (given name)
Ronnie is a male's given name and pet name. It is a pet form of the masculine name Ronald, and the feminine name Veronica. For the most part, the given name Ronnie is borne by males, although it is occasionally borne by females. The masculine Ronald is derived from the Old Norse Rögnvaldr, which is composed of the elements regin ("advice", "decision") and valdr ("ruler").[1] The feminine Veronica is derived from a form of Berenice,[2] which is derived from the Greek Berenikē, which is in turn derived from the Greek Pherenīkē. The latter Greek name is composed of elements to mean "victory bringer".[3]
People
Female
- Ronnie Claire Edwards (born 1933), American actress
- Ronnie Edwards (c. 1952-2016), American politician
- Ronnie Spector (born 1943), American rock and pop singer, lead vocalist of the Ronettes; former wife of Phil Spector
Male
- Ronnie Barker (1929-2005), English actor, comedian and writer
- Ronnie Broughton (born 1941), American politician
- Ronald Bryan (1898–1970), English cricketer
- Ronnie Bucknum (1936-1992), American race car driver
- Ronnie Bunting (1947/1948-1980), Irish member of the Official IRA and a founder member and leader of the Irish National Liberation Army
- Ronnie Burns (disambiguation)
- Ronnie Corbett (born 1930-2016), Scottish actor and comedian
- Ronnie DeVoe (born 1967), American singer
- Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010), American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter
- Ronnie Dunn (born 1953), American country music singer, songwriter and record executive
- Ronnie Eckstine (born 1943), American actor
- Ronnie Hawkins (born 1935), American rockabilly musician
- Ronnie Henry (born 1984), English footballer
- Ronnie Kray (1933-1995), one of the Kray twins, English gangsters
- Ronnie Lane (1946-1997), English musician, songwriter and producer
- Ronnie Laws (born 1950), American jazz, rhythm and blues and funk saxophonist
- Ronnie McCoury (born 1967), American mandolin player, singer and songwriter
- Ronnie Milsap (born 1943), American country music singer and pianist
- Ronnie Moore (born 1953), English former football player and manager
- Ronnie Morris, musician with the Canadian indie rock band controller.controller
- Ronnie Morris (footballer) (born 1970), English former professional footballer
- Ronnie Morris (rugby union) (1913-1983), Welsh rugby union player
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975), English snooker player
- Ronnie Ortiz-Magro (born 1985), American actor, part of the cast of the reality TV series Jersey Shore
- Ronnie Peterson (1944-1977), Swedish race car driver
- Ronnie Price (born 1983), professional basketball player
- Ronnie Radke (born 1983), American musician, songwriter, producer and rapper
- Ronnie Ray (born 1954), American sprinter
- Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), American actor, President of the United States and Governor of California
- Ronnie Robinson (roller derby) (1939-2001), American roller derby skater and coach and member of the Roller Derby Hall of Fame
- Ronnie Scott (1927-1996), English jazz saxophonist and jazz club owner
- Ronnie Scribner (born 1966), American former actor
- Ronnie Simpson (1930-2004), Scottish football goalkeeper
- Ronnie Thomas (born 1955), American retired race car driver
- Ronnie Van Zant (1948-1977), American vocalist, lyricist and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Ronnie Whelan, Sr. (1936-1993), Irish footballer
- Ronnie Williams (1939-1997), Welsh actor and comedian
- Ronnie Wood (born 1947), English rock musician, songwriter and singer best known as a member of the Rolling Stones
Fictional characters
Female
- Veronica Lodge, Archie Andrews' love interest in the Archie Comics book series
- Ronnie Mitchell, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Veronica Sawyer, main character of the film/musical Heathers.
Male
- Ronnie Woodson, on the BBC soap opera Doctors
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A dictionary of first names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 234, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A dictionary of first names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 270, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A dictionary of first names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 32, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
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