Randi

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Randi

Say it: RAHN-dee

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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

02040608018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1982per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 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

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  3. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

NorwegianDanish

The family of the name

Old NorseRagnfríðr

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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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