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Ronnie is a
given name . It can be a pet form of the masculine name
Ronald and the feminine name
Veronica .
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]
Ronnie Barker (1929–2005), English actor, comedian and writer
Ronnie Baxter (born 1961), English darts player
Ronnie Bell (American football) (born 2000), American football player
Ronnie Biggs (1929–2013), English thief
Ronnie Bryan (1898–1970), English cricketer and soldier
Ronnie Bucknum (1936–1992), American race car driver
Ronnie Bunting (1947/1948–1980), Protestant Irish republican and socialist activist
Ronnie Burgess (1963–2021), American football player
Ronnie Burns (disambiguation) , multiple people
Ronnie Coleman , American bodybuilder
Ronnie Corbett (1930–2016), Scottish stand-up comedian, actor, writer and broadcaster
Ronnie de Mel (1925–2024), Sri Lanka Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1988
Ronnie DeVoe (born 1967), American singer
Ronnie James Dio (1942–2010), American singer-songwriter and composer
Ronnie Dove (born 1935), American pop and country singer
Ronnie Dunn (born 1953), American singer-songwriter, record executive and member of the country music duo Brooks & Dunn
Ronnie Eckstine (born 1943), American actor
Ronnie Harrell (born 1996), American basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ronnie Harrison (born 1997), American football player
Ronnie Hawkins (1935–2022), American rockabilly musician
Ronnie Henry (born 1984), English footballer
Ronnie Hickman (born 2001), American football player
Ronnie Lane (1946–1997), English musician, songwriter and producer
Ronnie Laws (born 1950), American jazz, rhythm and blues and funk saxophonist
Ronnie Leitch (1953–2018), Sri Lankan Burgher actor, vocalist, and comedian
Ronnie Lott (born 1959), American football player
Ronnie McCoury (born 1967), American mandolin player, singer and songwriter
Ronnie McKinnon (1940–2023), Scottish footballer
Ronnie McNutt (1987–2020), American Iraq War veteran, known for his suicide on Facebook Live
Ronnie Milsap (born 1943), American country music singer and pianist
Ronnie Moore (born 1953), English former football player and manager
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 Perkins (born 1999), American football player
Ronnie Peterson (1944–1978), Swedish race car driver
Ronnie Price (born 1983), American basketball player
Ronnie Quintarelli (born 1979), Italian racing driver
Ronnie Radke (born 1983), American musician, songwriter, producer and rapper
Ronnie Ray (born 1954), American sprinter
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 Schell (born 1931), American actor and comedian
Ronnie Scribner (born 1966), American actor
Ronnie Simpson (1930–2004), Scottish football goalkeeper
Ronnie Stern (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
Ronnie Thomas (born 1955), American race car driver
Ronnie Turner (1911–unknown), Rhodesian international lawn bowler
Ronnie Van Zant (1948–1977), American vocalist, lyricist and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ronnie Washington (born 1963), American football player
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
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .