Ranald

For other uses, see Ranald (disambiguation).

Ranald

Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	Scots, English
Origin
Language(s)	Scottish Gaelic
Word/name	Raghnall
Other names
See also	Ronald

Ranald is a Scots ^[1] and English ^[2] masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall, ^[2] and a Scots version of Ronald. ^[3] A short form of Ranald is Ran. ^[4]

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

See also

• All pages with titles containing Ranald

Citations

1. Thomson 2006 pp. 1257–1259.
2. Hanks; Hodges 2006 pp. 407–408; Hanks; Hodges 2003; Hanks; Hodges 1997 pp. 204, 205.
3. "Ronald - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Ronald | BabyNames.co.uk". Baby Names. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
4. Hanks; Hodges 2003; Hanks; Hodges 1997 p. 205.

References

• 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.