Well, I like
Arnold,
Roger,
Denis,
Philip for kids nowadays, and it seems a similar age to me...I do still think those sound old and dorky, but I've met kids named things like
Walter (it worked fine as far as I could tell, just didn't seem trendy) which also sounds dorky.
I know a
Ron. He's a doctor and has a kid in middle school. It seems respectable - it's staid like
John but a tad more personable like
Roy.
I've only heard
Ronnie as a NN for
Veronica (twice, both older black women). I like it in that context, but it seems weird to imagine for a little
Ronald somehow. I guess it doesn't help that
Connie,
Bonnie,
Rhonda,
Ronja are feminine or that I hate
Donnie; I have nothing against
Johnny or
Danny or
Reggie, though.
This message was edited 6/17/2023, 9:49 PM