Rona
A girls’ name of Scottish origin, meaning rough island.
Rona by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Rona. In the US, 30 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 153 babies in 1966, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rona. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rosarose; flower470 in England and Wales (2025)
- Renapeace; short form of irene or serena80 in the US (2017)
- Rinasong; joy; a form of Rina71 in the US (2017)
- Ranaking; also used in Arabic for frog16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Royadream20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Romacitizen of Rome49 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Rona
Names that are said the same way as Rona, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ronnamighty ruler; a form of Rona
Other names that mean an island
Like Rona, each of these has an island in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evelynnisland; a variant spelling of Evelyn938 in the US (2017)
- Skyesky; the Isle of Skye214 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kelseyisland of the ship; a place name799 in the US (2017)
- Whitneywhite island; from a place name336 in the US (2017)
- Lindseylinden tree island; variant of Lindsey316 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rona
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