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Randall
Say it: RAN-dul
Meaning
A medieval form of Randolph, from Germanic rand 'shield rim' + wulf 'wolf'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common in medieval England, it returned as a given name in the US in the 1940s to 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 199,030 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1960, about 1 in 298 boys
- 187 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Randal, Randle
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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