"Ronja" meaning in Swedish

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Proper name

Audio: LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ronja.wav Forms: Ronjas [genitive]
Etymology: Coined by Astrid Lindgren for the heroine of the children's book Ronja rövardotter (1981) by taking the middle letters of Juronjaure, the Sami name of a lake in north Sweden, said to mean "lake by a hill". Lindgren was obviously looking for something that sounded familiar, like Sonja, a well established name in Sweden by 1981. Another similar name is Роня (Ronja), a Russian pet form of several male and female given names, but the name Ronja was very rare in Sweden until the book was published. Etymology templates: {{coin|sv|Astrid Lindgren}} Coined by Astrid Lindgren Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Ronjas|g=c|head=}} Ronja c (genitive Ronjas), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Ronja c (genitive Ronjas)
  1. a female given name used in Sweden since 1981 Tags: common-gender
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