Ronja

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ronja is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian given name109 records spelled Ronja13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, Finland

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Macedonian

  Also written Ronia, Роня, Ronя

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ronja is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Finnish, a female given name of modern usage

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Ronja (m.fl. former) är i Sverige ett nybildat namn. Det är bildat av författaren Astrid Lindgren i boken om Ronja rövardotter (1981) utifrån det samiska sjönamnet Juronjaure. Namnet kan dock även vara en rysk smekform till → Veronica och liknande namn. Ronja har varit populärt i flera årtionden. I den rikssvenska almanackan 14 september och i den finlandssvenska 4 februari.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Swedish, a female given name used in Sweden since 1981

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, to erode

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, RONJÁ, ronjez, vb. I. Tranz. (Franțuzism) A coroda (3).

  as a word·DEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 42 years between 1984–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ronja Perschbacherb. 1972DEGerman politician
• Rina Ronja Karib. 1985DKDanish politician
• Ronja Mannov Olesenb. 1987DKDanish actress
• Ronja Kemmerb. 1989DEGerman politician (CDU)
• Ronja Petersb. 1989DEGerman actress
• Ronja Furrerb. 1992CHSwiss model
• Ronja von Rönneb. 1992DEGerman writer and journalist
• Ronja Maltzahnb. 1993DEGerman singer, songwriter and musician (1993–)
• Ronja Forcherb. 1996ATAustrian actress and singer
• Ronja Savolainenb. 1997FIFinnish ice hockey player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 357 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ronja?

We estimate roughly 20 thousand people bear Ronja (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Ronja have the most bearers?

Ronja is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled ronja.

Where is Ronja most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ronja is densest in Finland — about 1 in 929 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ronja compared with other names?

In Germany, Ronja is the 843rd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Ronja a male or female name?

Ronja is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ronja mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name of Swedish origin