Ranald

Ranald is a Scots and English masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall, and a Scots version of Ronald. A short form of Ranald is Ran.

Notable persons

• Ranald Graham (1941–2010), Scottish writer, television director and producer
• 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 (1932–2025), Scottish judge

Fictional characters

• Ranald Bannerman from Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, a novel by George MacDonald

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