Ronja

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Gender Feminine
Usage Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced Pron. RON-yah(Swedish)

Meaning & History

Invented by Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren, who based it on the middle portion of Juronjaure, the name of a lake in Sweden. Lindgren used it in her 1981 book Ronia the Robber's Daughter (Ronia is the English translation).