Ranald is an English[1] and Scots[2] masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall.[1] A short form of Ranald is Ran.[3]

Ranald
GenderMasculine
Language(s)English, Scots
Origin
Language(s)Scottish Gaelic
Word/nameRaghnall

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  • Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
  • Hanks, P; Hodges, F (1997). A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Revised ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198606052.
  • Hanks, P; Hodges, F (2003). A Dictionary of First Names (EPUB). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198606052.
  • Thomson, R (2006). "Manx surnames". In Koch, JT (ed.). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 1257–1259. ISBN 1-85109-445-8.