What is "ranald"

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