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’.