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Ranulf (M)>

Ranulf (male)

Variants:Randolf (M) Randolph (M) Ranulphus (M)
Diminutive(s):Ran (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Whyte considers this to be a medieval variant of Old English Randolph/Randolf.
ONC suggests the name is Scottish from Old Norse "advice wolf".

The Rootsweb list of Latinised names separates them: Ranulf is Latinised to Ranulphus, Randolph to Randulphus. The closeness of these names suggest that there may be confusion in the older records, or in the interpretation of them.