ranald

{{Infobox given name2

| name = Ranald

| pronunciation =

| gender = Masculine

| language = English, Scots

| languageorigin = Scottish Gaelic

| origin = Raghnall

| seealso =

}}

Ranald is an EnglishHanks; Hodges 2006 pp. 407–408; Hanks; Hodges 2003; Hanks; Hodges 1997 pp. 204, 205. and ScotsThomson 2006 pp. 1257–1259. masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall. A short form of Ranald is Ran.Hanks; Hodges 2003; Hanks; Hodges 1997 p. 205.

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 (born 1932), Scottish judge

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