Randolph

Where Randolph comes from

From Old Norse rǫnd (“shield”) + úlfr (“wolf”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Randolph
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #392 among boys — 19 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1898
    Randolph Scott born
    American actor
  3. 1952
    Peak, #154
    1,817 babies named Randolph — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #270.
  5. 1967
    Randolph Bresnik born
    astronaut, Fighter pilot
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Randolph Scott · American actor, 1898–1987
  • Randolph Bresnik · astronaut, Fighter pilot, born 1967
  • Randolph Churchill · British politician, son of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, 1911–1968
  • Randolph Caldecott · British artist and illustrator, 1846–1886
  • Randolph Lycett · English tennis player, 1886–1935

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.