Ronan

Ronan

Ronan is a Celtic name of Irish origin meaning 'little seal'. (Rón meaning seal, and Án being a dimunitive suffix)

Ronan may also mean:

*"Ronan" (album), Ronan Keating's debut album
*Ronan (Harry Potter), a centaur from the "Harry Potter" universe
*Ronan the Accuser, a comic book supervillain
*Ronan, Montana
*Ronan Point, a residential tower that partially collapsed in 1968

Ronan is also the name of:
*Frank Ronan, a writer
*Saint Ronan (several)
*Ronan Bennett, a novelist
*Ronan Carolino Falcão, Equatorial Guinean-Brazilian footballer
*Ronan Coghlan, a writer
*Ronan Hardiman, a composer
*Ronan Harris, a musician
*Ronan Keating, a singer
*Ronan O'Gara, a rugby player
*Ronan O'Rahilly, a music businessman
*Ronan Rafferty, a golfer
*Ronan Tynan, a tenor
*Ronan Vibert, an actor
*Saoirse Ronan, an actress
*Rónán mac Colmáin, King of Leinster (7th century)

ee also

* "St. Ronan's Well", a novel by Sir Walter Scott (1824)


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  • Ronan — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término Ronan puede hacer referencia a: Rónán, un nombre de origen celta. Ronan (el álbum debut de Ronan Keating). Ronan, un animal ficticio de la saga Harry Potter. Ronan Point, un torre residencial en Inglaterra …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ronan — steht für: Ronan (Name), einen irischen männlichen Vornamen und Familiennamen Rónán mac Colmáin, einen irischen König, siehe Fingal Rónáin Ronan (Montana), eine Stadt in den USA Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ronan — Ronan, MT U.S. city in Montana Population (2000): 1812 Housing Units (2000): 755 Land area (2000): 1.064913 sq. miles (2.758111 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.064913 sq. miles (2.758111 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ronan, MT — U.S. city in Montana Population (2000): 1812 Housing Units (2000): 755 Land area (2000): 1.064913 sq. miles (2.758111 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.064913 sq. miles (2.758111 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ronan — m Irish: from Gaelic Rónán, originally a byname representing a diminutive form of rón seal (the animal). The name is recorded as borne by various early Celtic saints, but there has been much confusion in the transmission of their names and most… …   First names dictionary

  • Ronan — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ronan (homonymie). Sommaire 1 Prononciation 2 Variantes 3 Saint Ronan …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ronan — Recorded as O Ronan, Ronan, and Ronayne, this is an Irish surname. Although now quite rare it is of great antiquity. The clan were for many years erenaghs . That was a status word which indicated minor nobility, erenaghs being hereditary land… …   Surnames reference

  • Ronan — Provenance. Vient du mot irlandais ronan Signifie : petit phoque Se fête le 1er juin. Histoire. Né en Irlande, Ronan se convertit au christianisme et embrasse la vie monastique en Angleterre avant de gagner l Armorique.Il construit un ermitage et …   Dictionnaire des prénoms français, arabes et bretons

  • Ronan — noun derived from Rónán …   Wiktionary

  • Ronan — (ou Renan) né en Irlande au VIème ou au IXème siècle, moine, puis évêque, traversa la Manche, débarqua à Molène, puis alla installer un ermitage à Locronan de Léon. Chassé par les naufrageurs qu il gênait en actionnant une cloche, il se réfugia à …   Dictionnaire des saints

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