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Ronja
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English
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Alternative forms
en Ronia Ronya
Etymology
en sv Ronja, from the book of Lindgren.
en ru Роня, diminutive of ru Вероника.
Proper noun
s
en female Ronia.
en female Swedish Ronia.
en female Russian Ronia.
Anagrams
en ajnor Jaron rajon
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Ronjuson Ronjudóttir
Declension
Ronja Ronju Ronju Ronju
Finnish
Etymology
From fi sv Ronja, after the main character of the book Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (1981) by Astrid Lindgren.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female of modern usage
Declension
Ronj a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 5522 435 131
References
Anagrams
fi ajnor Jarno Norja norja orjan
German
Pronunciation
de De-Ronja.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Swedish
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female of Swedish origin
Swedish
Etymology
sv Astrid Lindgren for the heroine of the children's book Ronja rövardotter (1981) by taking the middle letters of Juronjaure, the Sami name of a lake in north Sweden, said to mean "lake by a hill". Lindgren was obviously looking for something that sounded familiar, like Sonja, a well established name in Sweden by 1981. Another similar name is ru Роня, a Russian pet form of several male and female given names, but the name Ronja was very rare in Sweden until the book was published.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ronja.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female used in Sweden since 1981
Descendants
en Ronja Ronya Ronia 1
da Ronja 1
fo Ronja 1
fi Ronja 1
de Ronja 1
no Ronja 1
Further reading
Ronia the Robber's Daughter
sv Fictional characters