Ranulph
Ranulph is a male English given name of Norman descent.
Origin of name and meaning
Ranulf is a compound name from Ran- , which can be derived from the Old Norse rann (house) or the Germanic ragn (advice, power) and -ulf , which can be traced back to the Old Norse word úlfr (wolf) :. Compare: Danish ulv , Icelandic úlfur , Swedish ulv , Norwegian ulv , Faroese úlvur .
Well-known namesake
- Ranulph Fiennes (Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet OBE; * 1944), British researcher
- Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester (Ranulf IV. Le Meschin, Ranulf of Gernon, Ranulf II of Chester; * around 1099, † 1153), vice-count of Avranches
- Ranulph Glanville (1946–2014), British philosopher and architect
- Robert Ranulph Marett (1866–1943), British philosopher, ethnologist, folklorist and religious scholar
- Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester (1074-1129), Vice-Count of Avranches in Normandy
- Ranulph de Mortimer see Ralph de Mortimer ; († after 1104), Anglo-Norman lord of Saint-Victor-en-Caux and Lord of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
See also:
- Rainulf Drengot (also Ranulph, Ranulf or Rannulf), Norman adventurer and the first Count of Aversa (1030-1045)
- Radulphus Brito (Raoul le Breton; † 1320), grammarian
- Ranulf