Ragnall (name)
Middle Gaelic | |
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Old Norse |
| Word/name | Røgnvaldr, Rǫgnvaldr, Rögnvaldr |
| Derivation | regin + valr |
| Meaning | "(German) Gods", "powerful" |
| Other names | |
| Cognate(s) | see list |
| Derivative(s) | Raghnall, Raonall, Raonull |
Ragnall, Raghnall, Raonall, and Raonull are masculine
Gaelic languages
.
Ragnall occurs in
Reginald, Reginaldus.[3]
The modern spelling is
The final -ll sound of the Gaelic names are de-vocalized, and to non-Gaelic-speakers this suggests -d sound. In this way the name is similar to the various forms of the Gaelic
List of cognates
- Danish: Ragnvald[5]
- Dutch: Ronald, Ron, Ronny, Reinout
- Faroese: Røgnvaldur, Ragnvaldur
- Reynaud
- German: Reinhold
- Icelandic: Rögnvaldur
- Italian: Rinaldo
- Latin: Reginald, Reginaldus
- Ragnvald[5]
- Reynaud[9]
- Rögnvaldr
- Ragnvald[5]
- Welsh: Rheinallt[11]
List of people with the given name
- Ragnall ua Ímair (died 921), king of the Fair and Dark Foreigners and king of Northumbria, the first known Ragnall
- Ragnall Guthfrithson (fl. 943-944), King of York
- Ragnall mac Gofraid (died 1004/1005), King of the Isles
- Ragnall mac Torcaill (died 1146), ruler of Dublin
- Ragnall Olafsson(fl. 1164), mediaeval ruler of the Isle of Man
- Ragnall Mac Gilla Muire (fl. 1170), leader of Waterford
- Raghnall mac Somhairle(died 1207), king of the Isles and Argyll
- Raghnall mac Gofraidh(died 1229), king of Mann and the Isles
- Raghnall mac Amhlaibh (fl. 1249), king of Mann
- Clanranald
- Ranald George Macdonald (1788-1873), chief of Clan Macdonald of Clanranald and Member of Parliament
- Raonall Smith (born 1978), American, professional American football player
As a patronymic
- Echmarcach mac Ragnaill (fl. 11th century), king of Dublin, Man and the Isles, and the Rhinns
- Ascall mac Ragnaill (died 1171), the last king of Dublin
- Gofraid mac Ragnaill(died 1231), king of the Isles
- Domhnall mac Raghnaill (fl. early-mid 13th century), Hebridean flaith (prince) and progenitor of Clan Donald
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-203-99355-1
- ISBN 978-1-4051-0628-3
- ^ ISBN 1-86232-151-5
- ISBN 978-1-903765-89-0
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
- ISBN 978-0-19-821737-4
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
- ^ Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, p. 682
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
- ISBN 0-203-99355-1
- ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
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