Ringo (name)

Ringo is both a male and a female given name , which also occurs as a family name .

Origin and meaning

Ringo is in German a short form of the name Ringolf which in OHG of ragin / regin = Council, Decision 'and wolf = Wolf' is derived.

Name bearer

Family name:

• Jerome Ringo (* 1955), American lawyer and environmentalist
• Jim Ringo (1931-2007), American football player
• John Ringo (* 1963), American science fiction and fantasy author
• Johnny Ringo (actually John Peters Ringo; 1850–1882), American gunslinger
• Sheena Ringo (* 1978), Japanese singer, guitarist and pianist

First name:

• Ringo Herrig (* 1975), German soccer player
• Ringo Hirth (* 1950), German drummer
• Ringo Lam (1955-2018), Chinese film director
• Ringo Starr (actually Richard Starkey; * 1940), English pop musician

Other:

• Ringo, nickname of Andreas Ringhofer (* 1984), Austrian ski mountaineer, cross-country skier, cyclist and marathon runner
• Richard "Ringo" Langley, fictional character from "The X Files", see X Files → Supporting Actor