Ronnie

or Ron·ni, Ron·ny

[ ron-ee ]

noun

1. a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.

ronnie

/ ˈrɒnɪ /

noun

1. dialect.
   a moustache

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ronnie¹

C20: from Ronald Colman (1891–1958), debonair moustached British film actor

Example Sentences

Ronnie says, with some pride, that everyone in town knew him to be bull-strong.

From Vox

Of Ed’s last days, Ronnie told me something beautiful that to my mind summarizes who Ed was.

From Vox

Ronnie told me that in the years after the kidnapping, Ed acted like everything was fine but every so often, he would catch him crying alone in his barn.

From Vox

We lived in an apartment building in New York City, so our best options were to roast indoors or grill at my uncle Ronnie’s house.

From Eater

Alcoholism plagued Ronnie’s father and created an unstable family that moved frequently as his job prospects deteriorated.

From Washington Post

David Bowie, Ronnie Wood, and Marianne Faithfull were regulars at the Rainbow Room, a restaurant on the fifth floor.

From The Daily Beast

Is your follow-up to Eraserhead, the amazing-sounding Ronnie Rocket, ever going to see the light of day?

From The Daily Beast

Ronnie Scott, fake Morrissey, tells me that he once crossed paths with real Morrissey, long before joining the band.

From The Daily Beast

“That was a mistake,” Major Ronnie Robinson of the St. Louis Police Department told The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

On Tuesday, the SBC voted to elect Arkansas megachurch pastor Ronnie Floyd as its next president.

From The Daily Beast

She tucked the blankets round him, and said, "Good-night, Ronnie."

From Project Gutenberg

Don't yer be a bit frightened, Ronnie; we'll soon be out o' this.

From Project Gutenberg

Anyway, you're behaving like a brick to them both, and Ronnie is a deuced old duffer for giving you up.

From Project Gutenberg

Ronnie is a duffer and doesn't see, and Gwendolen wouldn't notice if any one were ill except herself.

From Project Gutenberg

But the red kings and queens still meant a catch or what Ronnie called "a row in your timber yard."

From Project Gutenberg