Rhona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROH-na
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Rhona is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “rough island”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Rhona mean?
Old Norse: Scottish name, probably from the island of Rona
“rough island”
Scottish name, probably from Rona, a Hebridean island whose name comes from Old Norse hraun-ey 'rough island'.
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Is Rhona a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rhona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Rhona, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 56 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rhona in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were given Rhona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,781, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Rona 11
- Rhona 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Rhona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 2 | #7,391 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 28 | #904 |
| 2001 | 41 | #679 |
| 2000 | 39 | #692 |
| 1999 | 34 | #752 |
| 1998 | 45 | #628 |
| 1997 | 54 | #551 |
| 1996 | 56 | #523 |
Names like Rhona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ffion, Connie, Laura, Anna, Rebecca, Georgia, Renee, Charlotte, Caragh, Darla, Ronnie, Martha
Other spellings of Rhona
Names related to Rhona
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica, Raife
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rhona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhona, updated 20 October 2026.