Ronja
Faroese
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Ronja: Ronjuson
- daughter of Ronja: Ronjudóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Ronja |
| Accusative | Ronju |
| Dative | Ronju |
| Genitive | Ronju |
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish Ronja in the early 1980s (Astrid Lindgren's book was translated into Finnish in 1981).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈronjɑ]
- Hyphenation: Ron‧ja
Declension
| Inflection of Ronja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ronja | Ronjat | |
| genitive | Ronjan | Ronjien | |
| partitive | Ronjaa | Ronjia | |
| illative | Ronjaan | Ronjiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ronja | Ronjat | |
| accusative | nom. | Ronja | Ronjat |
| gen. | Ronjan | ||
| genitive | Ronjan | Ronjien Ronjainrare | |
| partitive | Ronjaa | Ronjia | |
| inessive | Ronjassa | Ronjissa | |
| elative | Ronjasta | Ronjista | |
| illative | Ronjaan | Ronjiin | |
| adessive | Ronjalla | Ronjilla | |
| ablative | Ronjalta | Ronjilta | |
| allative | Ronjalle | Ronjille | |
| essive | Ronjana | Ronjina | |
| translative | Ronjaksi | Ronjiksi | |
| instructive | — | Ronjin | |
| abessive | Ronjatta | Ronjitta | |
| comitative | — | Ronjineen | |
German
Norwegian
Swedish
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. Роня is a Russian pet form of several male and female given names, but the name Ronja was very rare in Scandinavia and Germany until 1981.
Further reading
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