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Ranulf

Field	Value
name	Ranulf
gender	Masculine
language	English, Old French, Old Occitan
languageorigin	West Germanic, Old Norse, Gothic
origin	Raginolf / Raginulf / Reginúlfr / Ramnulf / Ramnolf
derivation	ragin / reginn or hrabns + ulf / úlfr / wulfs
meaning	"advice", "decision" or "raven" + "wolf"

Ranulf was a masculine given name in Old French and Old Occitan, and is a masculine given name in the English language. Ranulf was introduced into England by the Norman conquest or alternatively is said to have been introduced to Scotland and northern England, by Scandinavian settlers in Early Middle Ages. However, most earliest historical figures with this name originated on the continent. It is derived from the West Germanic name Raginulf, Raginolf. This West Germanic personal name is composed of two elements: the first, RAGN ragin, means "advice", "decision" ; the second element, (w)ulf / (w)olf, means "wolf". or alternatively the Old Norse name Reginúlfr is based on the Old Norse variant forms reginn and úlfr. The Old Occitan anthroponym Ranulf (Ramnulf, Rannulf) does not contain exactly the same first element, but hram, short form of Gothic hrabns "raven".

People with the name

Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester and 1st Earl of Lincoln (1170–1232), Anglo-Norman baron
Ranulf de Briquessart (or Ranulf the Viscount) (1050 - c. 1089), 11th-century Norman magnate and viscount.
Ranulf de Vains (Ranulf the Moneyer) (c. 1015 – after 1035), Norman knight, around 1035 in Domesday Book
Ranulf I de Soules, Norman knight who came to Scotland with David I
Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester (1070–1129), Norman magnate based in northern and central England.
Ranulf I of Aquitaine (Ramnulf, Rannulf see Ramnulfids) (820–866), count of Poitiers, duke of Aquitaine
Ranulf II of Aquitaine (850–890), count of Poitiers, duke of Aquitaine
Ranulf II, Count of Alife (died 1139), Italo-Norman magnate
Rainulf Trincanocte (1045–1048), third Italo-Norman count of Aversa
Ranulf de Broc (died c. 1179), Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal marshall
Ranulf Compton (1878–1974), United States Representative from Connecticut
Rainulf Drengot, Norman adventurer and the first count of Aversa
Ranulf Flambard (c. 1060 – 1128), Norman bishop of Durham
Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester (1099–1153), Anglo-Norman baron
Ranulf de Glanvill (died 1190), Anglo-Norman chief Justiciar of England
Ranulf Higdon (or Higden) (c. 1280 – 1364), English chronicler and a Benedictine monk
Ranulf of Wareham (died 1222), English bishop of Chichester
Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, English adventurer

Fictional characters with the name

Ranulf, character in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and its sequel, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Ranulf, an additional natural son of Henry I of England in Sharon Kay Penman's Plantagenet series. The meticulous research for which Penman is noted extends to the names of minor characters. Completely fictional characters in her books are rare and are always identified in her author's notes. They serve as devices to illustrate aspects of medieval life, to reveal information, or to bridge gaps in knowledge, especially when such revelations would be out of character for the historical figures in her novels.

References

(2006). "A Dictionary of First Names". [[Oxford University Press]].
''Nordic Names'' : ''Raginolf'' (read online) [https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Raginolf]
[[Marie-Thérèse Morlet]], "Études d'anthroponymie occitane : les noms de personne de l’obituaire de Moissac (suite)" in ''Revue internationale d'onomastique'', 1958, 10-1, p. 44 (read online) [https://www.persee.fr/doc/rio_0048-8151_1958_num_10_1_1610]
Penman, Sharon Kay. "Ranulf vs Richard," 5 May 2009. Author's blog article accessed at http://sharonkaypenman.com/blog/?p=48 14 July 2013.

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