French: from a pet form of the Germanic personal name Rando, a short form of various compound names formed with rand ‘(shield) rim’ as the first element. Compare Randall.
South German: from a pet form of a compound name such as Reinhardt or Randolf.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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