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Girl · Old Norse
Randi
Say it: RAHN-dee
Meaning
A Norwegian development of Old Norse Ragnfríðr: regin 'the gods, counsel' and fríðr 'beautiful, beloved'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Very common in Norway in the mid-20th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1980s
In the United States
- 30,526 babies given this name since 1931
- At its height in 1982, about 1 in 1,600 girls
- 49 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Old Norse | Ragnfríðr |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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