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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : probably a variant of Ronnig, from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on rūn ‘rune’, ‘secret’, the suffix -ing denoting a descendant.
  • Norwegian (Rønning) : habitational name from any of over 100 farmsteads named Rønning or Rønningen, notably in eastern Norway and Trøndelag, from Old Norse Ryðningr, from ruð ‘clearing’.

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