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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

RonitIn Hebrew: רונית · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ronit (Hebrew: רונית) is a girl's name of international origin. 13,295 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1966, with 768 babies.

People in Israel
13,295
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1966
768 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Ronit

In Hebrew letters the name is רונית, read right to left. Ronit is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ronit by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ronit: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ronit

How do you write Ronit in Hebrew?

Ronit is written רונית in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ronit?

13,295 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רונית: 13,295 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ronit a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named רונית are women.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.