Ronja

Usage notes
Matronymics
 * son of Ronja: Ronjuson
 * daughter of Ronja: Ronjudóttir

Etymology
From in the early 1980s (Astrid Lindgren's book was translated into Finnish in 1981).

Proper noun

 * 1)  of modern usage

Proper noun

 * 1)  of Swedish origin

Etymology
Coined by Astrid Lindgren for the heroine of the children's book Ronja rövardotter (1981) by taking the middle letters of Juronjaure, the Sami name of a lake in north Sweden, said to mean "lake by a hill".
 * Lindgren was obviously looking for something that sounded familiar, like Sonja, a well established name in Sweden by 1981. Роня is a Russian pet form of several male and female given names, but the name Ronja was very rare in Scandinavia and Germany until 1981.

Proper noun

 * 1)  used in Sweden since 1981