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Ranald

Field	Value
name	Ranald
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

[[#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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