Rhonda

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Rhonda, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Sharon
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• Cheryl
• Phyllis
• Linda
• Veronica
• Brenda
• Verona
• Glenda
• Patricia
• Ronnie
• Norma

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Rhonda is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish given name17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Ronda, Ронда

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Rhonda is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• English: of recent origin, apparently a blend of RHODA and RHONA . It is now generally taken to be a Welsh name composed of the elements rhon pike, lance, as in RHONWEN , + - da good, as in GLENDA . The Rhondda valley in South Wales was probably also a factor in making this connection, although it derives from a river name of completely different etymology.

  as a word

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.

• Rhonda Flemingb. 1923USAmerican actress (1923–2020)
• Rhonda Byrneb. 1951AUAustralian writer and producer
• Rhonda Shearb. 1954USAmerican actress, television personality, and comedian
• Rhonda Jo Pettyb. 1955USAmerican pornographic actress
• LaChanzeb. 1961USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, singer, and dancer
• Rhonda Vincentb. 1962USAmerican musician
• Rhonda Tollefsonb. 1963USAmerican filmmaker
• Rhonda Ross Kendrickb. 1971USAmerican singer and actress
• Rhonda Smithb. 1973USAmerican basketball player (born 1973)
• Rhonda Dentb. 1978CACanadian 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).

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.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Rhonda mean, and where does it come from?

Modern coinage explained as Welsh rhon (“pike, lance”) + da (“good”) Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and Wiktionary and 1 other source.

Is Rhonda a male or female name?

Rhonda is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

What are other forms of the name Rhonda?

In the etymology graph, Ronda is a form of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Rhonda?

In English /ˈɹɑndə/ (Wiktionary).

In which country does Rhonda have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 173 thousand people named Rhonda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rhonda.

How common is the name Rhonda?

In the United States, the national register counted 173,379 people named Rhonda in 2020, about 1 in 1.9 thousand residents.

How common is Rhonda compared with other names?

In the United States, Rhonda is the 241st most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.