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randolph Name Meaning and History

English and German: classicized spelling of Randolf, a Germanic personal name composed of the elements rand ‘rim’ (of a shield), ‘shield’ + wolf ‘wolf’. This was introduced into England by Scandinavian settlers in the Old Norse form Rannúlfr, and was reinforced after the Norman Conquest by the Norman form Randolf.

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Distribution of randolph Families in the US in 1920
Number of randolph families
 239-476
 80-238
 1-79
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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