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Donald vs Ronald - What's the difference?

donald | ronald |

As proper nouns the difference between donald and ronald

is that donald is a given name derived from Scottish Gaelic while Ronald is a given name derived from Germanic.

donald

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1816 , Old Mortality , Samuel H. Parker, 1836, page 232
    • "Country?" replied Cuddie; "ou, the country's weel eneugh, and it werena that dour deevil, Calver'se, ( they ca' him Dundee now) that's stirring about yet in the Highlands, they say, with a' the Donalds , and Duncans, and Dugalds, that ever wore bottomless breeks, driving about wi' him, to set things asteer again, - - -
  • * 1980 , The Glass House, a Novella and Stories , Viking Press, 1980, ISBN 0670341797, page 76:
    • My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman. And I never called him Don or Donny or Donny Joe. I called him Donald from the first time we met.
  • * 1991 , Donald Duk , Coffee House Press, 1991, ISBN 0918273838, page 1
    • Donald' Duk never liked his name. He hates his name. He is not a duck. He is not a cartoon character. - - - "Only the Chinese are stupid enough to give a kid a stupid name like '''Donald''' Duk," ' Donald Duk says to himself.

    Usage notes

    *Popular in all English-speaking countries in the first half of the 20th century.

    Derived terms

    * Donald Duck * (pet forms) Don, Donnie, Donny * (female given name) Donna

    ronald

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes . HarperCollins. ISBN 0 00 649840 X. Chapter VII, pages 203-204:
    • Bridey says if she had a son which please God she will some day she'll call him Ronald' because she's mad about ' Ronald Colman that you see in the Coliseum Cinema. Or Errol, now that's another lovely name, Errol Flynn. ---
    Ronald', says Bridey, ' Ronald . He's gorgeous.
    No, says Mam, it has to be Irish. Isn't that what we fought for all these years? What's the use of fighting the English for centuries if we're going to call our children Ronald ?

    Related terms

    * pet forms : Ron, Ronnie, Ronny * variants :Reginald, Reynold

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