Name: Ranald
Gender: Male
Usage: Ranald is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Ranald are in general originating from United Kingdom.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ranald is: Rules with counsel.
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Numerology of the first name Ranald: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Ranald is ranked on the 61,371st position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 2100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Ranald has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Ranald is an English and Scots masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall. A short form of Ranald is Ran. Persons bearing the name include:
- Ranald Graham (1941–2010), Scottish writer, television director and producer
- Ranald Leask, British journalist
- 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
Scottish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Raghnall, which itself is borrowed from Old Norse Rögnvaldr (see Ragnvald).
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