Rhone
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 20 babies a year in the US.
Rhone by the numbers
Rhone was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Rhone
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rhone. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raynerain or counsel; a modern respelling of Raine368 in the US (2017)
- Rainerain or counsel; from Rein47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rhodesfrom the roads or clearings36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rooneydescendent of Ruanaidh; red-haired64 in the US (2017)
- Ramonerenowned protector; form of Raymond25 in the US (2017)
- Rhondagood spear; a form of Rhonwen or similar19 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rhone
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