Ragnall (name)

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Ragnall
Raghnall name.svg
Raghnall in a Gaelic type, note the lenited g in the name (gh) once appeared in Irish orthography with a dot above it, as pictured.
GenderMasculine
Language(s) Old Irish, Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic
Origin
Language(s) Old Norse
Word/name Røgnvaldr, Rǫgnvaldr, Rögnvaldr
Derivationregin + valdr
Meaning"(German) Gods", "powerful"
Other names
Cognate(s)see list
Derivative(s)Raghnall, Raonall, Raonull

Ragnall, Raghnall, Raonall, and Raonull are masculine personal names or given names in several Gaelic languages.

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Ragnall occurs in Old Irish, [1] and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic. [2] [3] It is a Gaelicised form of the Old Norse Røgnvaldr , Rǫgnvaldr, Rögnvaldr. [1] [4] This Old Norse name is composed of two elements: regin, meaning "(Germanic) Gods"; and valdr, meaning "powerful". [5] It has also been suggested that Ragnall could also represent the Old Norse Ragnarr as well. [6] Ragnall can be Anglicised as Ranald and Ronald , and Latinised as Reginald , Reginaldus. [3]

The modern spelling is Raghnall in Scottish Gaelic and either Raghnall or Raonull in Irish. Anglicised forms of Raghnall include: Ranald , Rannal, and Ronald . [7]

The final -ll sound of the Gaelic names are de-vocalized[ clarification needed ], and to non-Gaelic-speakers this suggests -d sound. In this way the name is similar to the various forms of the Gaelic Domhnall , which can be Anglicised as Donald . [8]

List of cognates

List of people with the given name

As a patronymic

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 2668, ISBN   0-203-99355-1
  2. ↑ Woolf, Alex (2009), "Scotland", in Stafford, Pauline (ed.), A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland, c.500-c.1100, Blackwell Companions to History, Blackwell Publishing, p. 254, ISBN   978-1-4051-0628-3
  3. 1 2 Sellar, W. D. H. (2000), "Hebridean Sea Kings: The Successors of Somerled, 1164-1316", in Cowan, Edward J.; McDonald, R. Andrew (eds.), Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, East Linton: Tuckwell Press, p. 187, ISBN   1-86232-151-5
  4. ↑ Downham, Clare (2007), Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ívarr to A.D. 1014, Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, p. 3, ISBN   978-1-903765-89-0
  5. 1 2 3 4 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 394, ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1
  6. ↑ Byrne, Francis John (2008), "Ireland before the battle of Clontarf", in Ó Cróinín, D (ed.), Prehistoric and Early Ireland, A New History of Ireland, vol. 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 855, ISBN   978-0-19-821737-4
  7. 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 355, 407, ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1
  8. ↑ Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, p. 682
  9. 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 234, 228–229, ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1
  10. ↑ Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 2626, ISBN   0-203-99355-1
  11. ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 433, ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1
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