Ronnie is the pet form of Ronald, the Scottish version of the Old Norse Rögnvaldr, meaning "ruler's counselor" or "advice of the ruler". It has long stood on its own as a full name in American birth records, carried by figures from Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd to Ronnie Coleman. Ronnie ranked number 482 in 2000, slipped to the 900s in the late 2010s and stands at number 1067 in 2025.