Entry № 8810 · Hebrew origin

Ronit Ronit — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Joy / song"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "joy / song".

Ronit is from the Hebrew רוֹנִית (Rōnīt — joyful song, joy) — from Hebrew rōn (song of joy). Ronit is one of the Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Israeli heritage.

Joy / song (Hebrew).

The name in its native script.

רוֹנִית
Transliteration
Rōnīt
Pronunciation
/ roʊˈniːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ronit stands.

Ronit does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ronits before her.

Real people
Ronit Elkabetz
Israeli-Moroccan actress + director + Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem 2014 + Ophir Awards + pioneering Israeli Mizrahi feminist cinema.
1964 – 2016
In fiction
Ronit
Hebrew joyful song + Israeli musical-feminine naming heritage.

Names connected to Ronit.

The number behind Ronit.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ronit reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.