Ranald
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ranald |
| gender | Masculine |
| language | Scots, English |
| languageorigin | Scottish Gaelic |
| origin | Raghnall |
| seealso | Ronald |
| :: |
| name = Ranald | pronunciation = | gender = Masculine | language = Scots, English | languageorigin = Scottish Gaelic | origin = Raghnall | seealso =Ronald
Ranald is a Scots and English masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall, and a Scots version of Ronald. A short form of Ranald is Ran.
Notable persons
- Ranald Graham (1941–2010), Scottish writer, television director and producer
- Ranald MacDonald (bishop) (1756–1832), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop
- Ranald George Macdonald (1788–1873), Scottish clan chief and Member of British Parliament
- Ranald MacDonald (1824–1894), English language teacher in Japan
- Ranald Roderick Macdonald (1945–2007), British mathematician and psychologist
- Ranald MacDougall (1915–1973), American screenwriter
- Ranald S. Mackenzie (1840–1889), United States Army officer and general during the Civil War
- Ranald Sutherland, Lord Sutherland (1932–2025), Scottish judge
Fictional characters
- Ranald Bannerman from Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, a novel by George MacDonald
Citations
References
References
- [[#T1. Thomson 2006]] pp. 1257–1259.
- [[#H1. Hanks; Hodges 2006]] pp. 407–408; [[#H3. Hanks; Hodges 2003]]; [[#H2. Hanks; Hodges 1997]] pp. 204, 205.
- "Ronald - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Ronald {{!}} BabyNames.co.uk".
- [[#H3. Hanks; Hodges 2003]]; [[#H2. Hanks; Hodges 1997]] p. 205.
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