Ronald

Meaning

Ronald is the Scottish form of a name commonly connected with Reynold in older name books, and it has long been treated as a Scottish and Gaelic name. In the excerpted sources, Yonge glosses Ronald with “judge power,” while Charnock identifies it as the Scottish form of Reynold; broadly, the name is usually explained through Germanic elements carrying the sense of counsel/rule and power.

Origin

Fun fact

19th-century name books often grouped Ronald with other Scottish relics of older Norse and Gaelic influence in Scotland.