Entry № 8695 · Scottish origin

Rhona Rhona — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Scottish
Meaning
"Rough isle; mighty"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "rough isle; mighty".

Rhona is a Scottish name linked to the Norse for a rugged island — and read by some as strong or mighty. It carries a windswept, hardy grace.

It reads sturdy and bright, an island name.

Rough isle; mighty — a Scottish name.

The name in its native script.

Rhona
Transliteration
Rhona
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɔ.na /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rhona stands.

Rhona 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.

Rhonas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Rhona.

The number behind Rhona.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rhona reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.