Rhona
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name of Scottish origin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹoʊnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rhona is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 21K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 28K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 289 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name of Scottish origin.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rhona counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈9,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Rhona | 78 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈7,100 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Rhona | 25 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 6 | Rhona | 184 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Rhona | 41 |
| US United States | — | 2,028 | 1 in 164K | 2K | Rhona | 289 |
| IE Ireland | #601 | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Rhona | 62 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rhona is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, aus dem Englischen ['rouna] entlehnter weibl. Vom. umstrittener Herkunft. Der
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Xhosa, to snore
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rhona Haszardb. 1901NZNew Zealand artist, painter and printmaker (1901–1931)
- Rhona Shekterb. 1950CACanadian actress
- Rhona Smithb. 1950GBBritish legal academic
- Rhona Brankinb. 1950GBScottish politician
- Rhona Cameronb. 1965GBScottish comedian
- Rhona Martinb. 1966GBScottish and British curler and coach
- Rhona Robertsonb. 1970NZbadminton player
- Rhona Simpsonb. 1972GBBritish field hockey player
- Rhona Mitrab. 1976GBBritish actress (born 1976)
- Rhona Bennettb. 1976USAmerican singer and actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 36 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2K | #7,503 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1951 | 89 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1954 | 64 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1947 | 64 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1949 | 62 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1974 | 57 | #113 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1978 | 56 | #110 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1959 | 55 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1948 | 55 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1981 | 54 | #120 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1982 | 53 | #123 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1979 | 51 | #122 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rhona mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name of Scottish origin. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Rhona have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.0 thousand people named Rhona in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rhona.
- How do you pronounce Rhona?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹoʊnə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Rhona a male or female name?
- Rhona is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Rhona?
- In the etymology graph, Rona is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Rhona?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,028 people named Rhona in 2020, about 1 in 164 thousand residents.
- How common is Rhona compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Rhona is the 601st most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rhonaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rhona” — the 601st most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.