Ronnie (name)
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 and valdr. The feminine Veronica is derived from a form of Berenice, which is derived from the Greek Berenikē and Pherenīkē and means "victory bringer".
People
Female
- Ronnie Abrams, American judge
- Ronnie Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ronnie Dunne, Irish operatic soprano and voice teacher
- Ronnie Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ronnie Eldridge, American activist, businesswoman, politician, and television host
- Ronnie Elliott, multiple people
- Ronnie Fair, American professional soccer player
- Ronnie G, Nigerian radio presenter and broadcaster
- Ronnie Gajownik, American softball and baseball player
- Ronnie Gibbons, English professional footballer
- Ronnie Gilbert, American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist
- Ronnie Gorrie, Aboriginal Australian writer
- Ronnie Lichtman, American midwife, educator, writer and advocate for women's health
- Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress
- Ronnie L. Podolefsky, American attorney, legal historian, social justice advocate, and feminist
- Ronni Reis, American tennis player
- Ronnie Specter, American make-up artist
- Ronnie Spector, American rock and pop singer, lead vocalist of the Ronettes; former wife of Phil Spector
- Ronnie Stevens (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ronnie Wells, American jazz singer and educator
- Ronnie Wilbur, American theoretical and experimental linguist
Male
- Ronnie Barker, English actor, comedian and writer
- Ronnie Baxter, English darts player
- Ronnie Bell (American football), American football player
- Ronnie Biggs, English thief
- Ronnie Bryan, English cricketer and soldier
- Ronnie Bucknum, American race car driver
- Ronnie Bunting, Protestant Irish republican and socialist activist
- Ronnie Burgess, American football player
- Ronnie Burns (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
- Ronnie Corbett, Scottish stand-up comedian, actor, writer and broadcaster
- Ronnie de Mel, Sri Lanka Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1988
- Ronnie DeVoe, American singer
- Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and composer
- Ronnie Dove, American pop and country singer
- Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter, record executive, and member of the country music duo Brooks & Dunn
- Ronnie Eckstine, American actor
- Ronnie Harrell, American basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Ronnie Harrison, American football player
- Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly musician
- Ronnie Henry, English footballer
- Ronnie Hickman, American football player
- Ronnie Lane, English musician, songwriter and producer
- Ronnie Laws, American jazz, rhythm and blues and funk saxophonist
- Ronnie Leitch, Sri Lankan actor, vocalist, and comedian
- Ronnie Lott, American football player
- Ronnie McCoury, American mandolin player, singer and songwriter
- Ronnie McKinnon, Scottish footballer
- Ronnie McNutt, American Iraq War veteran, known for his live-streamed suicide
- Ronnie Milsap, American country music singer and pianist
- Ronnie Moore, English former football player and manager
- Ronnie Morris (footballer), English former professional footballer
- Ronnie Morris (rugby union), Welsh rugby union player
- Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player
- Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, American actor, part of the cast of the reality TV series Jersey Shore
- Ronnie Perkins, American football player
- Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver
- Ronnie Price, American basketball player
- Ronnie Quintarelli, Italian racing driver
- Ronnie Radke, American musician, songwriter, producer and rapper
- Ronnie Ray, American sprinter
- Ronnie Robinson (roller derby), American roller derby skater and coach and member of the Roller Derby Hall of Fame
- Ronnie Scott, English jazz saxophonist and jazz club owner
- Ronnie Schell, American actor and comedian
- Ronnie Scribner, American actor
- Ronnie Simpson, Scottish football goalkeeper
- Ronnie Stern, Canadian ice hockey player
- Ronnie Thomas, American race car driver
- Ronnie Turner, Rhodesian international lawn bowler
- Ronnie Van Zant, American vocalist, lyricist, and founding member of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Ronnie Washington, American football player
- Ronnie Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ronnie Wood, English rock musician, songwriter, and singer known as a member of the Rolling Stones
- Ronnie Bakrania, Kenyan Boy
Fictional characters
Female
- Big Ronnie, a tailor in Marvel Comics
- Ronnie Clayton, from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
- Veronica Lodge, Archie Comics character
- Ronnie Mitchell, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Veronica "Ronny" Robinson, the Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
- Ronnie Anne Santiago, a character in ''The Loud House''
Male
- Ronnie, a semi-recurring character in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave
- Ronnie Bailey, from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
- Ronnie Dobbs, lead character of the film Run Ronnie Run also featured in various sketches on the HBO sketch comedy series Mr Show
- Ronnie Pilgrim, protagonist of the Jethro Tull album A Passion Play
- Ronnie Raymond, DC Comics character
- Ronnie Woodson, from the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''