Randolph (given name)

Randolph
	Randolph is derived from a mediaeval name composed of two elements: "shield" or "rim" + "wolf".
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	English
Origin
Meaning	The big one
Other names
Cognate(s)	Randolf, Randulf, Randulph
See also	Randy, Randall

Randolph is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Old Norse Rannúlfr which is composed of two elements: "shield" or "rim" + "wolf". Cognates of the name include Randolf, Randulph, and Wandolfin. A pet form of Randolf is Randy.

People with the given name include:

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Randolph Greenfield Adams (1892–1951), American librarian and historian
Randolph Alles (born 1954), American law enforcement officer and government official
Randolph Aston (1869–1930), English rugby union centre
Randolph Barlow (c. 1572–1638), Anglican archbishop
Randolph A. Beales (born 1960), Attorney General of Virginia and judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals
Randolph Beazer (fl. 2000s), Barbudan politician
Randolph Bedford (1868–1941), Australian writer and politician
Randolph M. Bell (born 1947), American diplomat
Randolph C. Berkeley (1875–1960), U.S. Marine Corps major general
Randolph Blackwell (1927–1981), American civil rights activist
Randolph Blake (born 1945), American psychologist
Randolph Bourne (1886–1918), American progressive writer and intellectual
Randolph Bowe (1918–2016), American Negro league baseball pitcher
Randolph Bracy (born 1977), American politician
Randolph L. Braham (1922–2018), American historian and political scientist
Randolph Bresnik (born 1967) U.S. Marine Corps officer and NASA astronaut
Randolph Bromery (1926–2013), American educator and geologist
Randolph Bryant (1893–1951), judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Randolph Burton (born 1987), Antiguan footballer
Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886), British artist and illustrator
Randolph Roque Calvo (born 1950), America prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Randolph Carpenter (1894–1956), U.S. Representative from Kansas
Randolph Carter, fictional character present in H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos
Randolph Childress (born 1972), American basketball player
Randolph Chitwood (fl. 1970s–2010s), American surgeon
Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895), British statesman
Randolph Churchill (1911–1968), British politician
Randolph Claiborne (1906–1986), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Randolph Cohen (fl. 1990s–2020s), American financial economist
Randolph Coleman (born 1937), American composer and educator
Randolph Collier (1902–1983), member of the California State Senate
Randolph Colville (1942–2004), Scottish jazz swing clarinettist, saxophonist, bandleader and arranger
Randolph Crew (cartographer) (1631–1657), English amateur cartographer
Randolph George Croome (1884–1956), Canadian railway conductor and politician
Randolph Crossley (1904–2004), member of the Hawaii House of Representatives and the Hawaii Senate
Randolph De Battista (born 1987), Maltese progressive politician
Randolph Osborne Douglas (1895–1956), British silversmith, artist, and amateur escapologist
Randolph Fields (1952–1997), Anglo-American lawyer who founded British Atlantic Airways
Randolph Frank Ollive Foote (1853–1931), British Royal Navy officer
Randolph Foster (athlete) (born 1968), Costa Rican sprinter
Randolph Sinks Foster (1820–1903), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Randolph Galloway (1896–1964), English footballer and football manager
Randolph George (1924–2016), Bishop of Guyana
Randolph Glasgow (born 1962), Trinidadian cricketer
Randolph Guggenheimer (1907–1999), American lawyer and philanthropist
Randolph Guggenheimer (politician) (1846–1907), New York City politician
Randolph H. Guthrie (1905–1989), American lawyer and businessman
Randolph Harding (1914–1996), Canadian politician
Randolph Edgar Haugan (1902–1985), American writer, editor, and publisher
Randolph Healy (born 1956), Irish poet and publisher
Randolph Apperson Hearst (1915–2000), American newspaper publisher
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications
Randolph T. Hester (fl. 1970s–2010s), landscape architect and professor of landscape architecture
Randolph Hewton (1888–1960), Canadian artist
Randolph Hezekiah (born 1936), Trinidadian cricketer
Randolph Hodgson (1870–1952), English Anglican vicar and writer
Randolph Hokanson (1915–2018), American pianist and professor
Randolph M. Holder (1918–1942), United States Navy officer killed in the Battle of Midway
Randolph Hollerith (born 1963), American Episcopal priest
Randolph Jackson (born 1943), attorney, author and justice of the New York Supreme Court
Randolph Jefferson (1755–1815), younger brother of Thomas Jefferson
Randolph Jenkins (1925–1978), Irish footballer
Randolph Jerome (born 1978), Guyanese soccer player
Randolph Jewett (1602/3–1675), English organist and composer
Randolph K. Jones (1840–1899), Canadian lawyer and political figure
Randolph Keys (born 1966), American basketball player
Randolph Kirkpatrick (1863–1950), British spongiologist, cnidariologist and bryozoologist
Randolph Lycett (1886–1935), British tennis player
Randolph M. Medley (1898–1979), American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator
Randolph Mahaffey (born 1945), American basketball player
Randolph Mainwaring (1839–1902), English cricketer
Randolph Mank (born 1954), Canadian business executive and diplomat
Randolph Manning (1804–1864), American jurist and politician
Randolph Mantooth (b. 1945), American actor
Randolph B. Marcy (1812–1887), U.S. Army officer before, during, and after the American Civil War
Randolph B. Martine (1844–1895), American lawyer and politician
Randolph Jewell Francis Mendis, Sri Lankan Sinhala educationist, first indigenous Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force
Randolph McCoy (1825–1914), patriarch of the McCoy clan in the infamous American Hatfield–McCoy feud
Randolph McKinnon (1917–2006), Canadian provincial politician
Randolph Miller (1829/30–1916), African-American freed slave, journalist, and activist
Randolph Morris (born 1986), American basketball player
Randolph Moss (born 1961), judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Randolph Mott (1799–1881), American businessman and Union sympathizer
Randolph Murdaugh Sr. (1887–1940), American attorney, and politician, and circuit solicitor of South Carolina
Randolph Murdaugh Jr. (1915–1998), American attorney who served as the circuit solicitor of South Carolina
Randolph Murdaugh III (1939–2021), American attorney who served as the circuit solicitor of South Carolina

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Randolph Nesbitt (1867–1956), South African-born Rhodesian recipient of the Victoria Cross
Randolph M. Nesse (born 1948), American physician, scientist and author in the field of evolutionary medicine
Randolph Nott (1826–1916), Australian politician
Randolph Oduber (born 1989), Aruban baseball outfielder
Randolph Greene Pack (1890–1956), American philanthropist
Randolph Severn Parker III (Trey Parker), one of the creators of the animated series South Park
Randolph M. Pate (1898–1961), United States Marine Corps general
Randolph E. Paul (1890–1956), American lawyer
Randolph Perkins (1871–1936), American politician
Randolph Peters (born 1959), Canadian composer
Randolph W. Peterson (born 1953), American attorney, politician, and jurist
Randolph Powell (born 1950), American actor
Randolph Prim (1896–1986), Negro league baseball player
Randolph M. Probstfield (1832–1911), settlers in Clay County, Minnesota
Randolph Quirk (1920–2017), British linguist and life peer
Randolph Ramnarace (born 1941), Guyanese first-class cricketer
Randolph Ridling (1888–1975), New Zealand soldier
Randolph Roberts (b. 1947), American actor
Randolph Rogers (1825–1892), American Neoclassical sculptor
Randolph Rose (1901–1989), New Zealand athlete
Randolph Ross (born 2001), American athlete specializing in the 400 metres
Randolph Isham Routh (1782–1858), British Army officer
Randolph H. Runden (1897–1964), American farmer and politician
Randolph Runnels (born 1827), American soldier and lawman
Randolph Schwabe (1885–1948). British draughtsman, painter, and etcher
Randolph Scott (1898–1987), American actor
Randolph L. Speight (1919–1999), American jurist and director of the Pioneer Fund
Randolph Staudenraus (fl. 2010s–2020s), United States Air Force major general
Randolph Stewart (disambiguation), various people
Randolph Stone (1890–1981), Austrian-American chiropractor, osteopath and naturopath
Randolph Stow (1935–2010), Australian-born writer, novelist, and poet
Randolph Isham Stow (1828–1878), English-born Australian judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia
Randolph Strickland (1823–1880), American politician
Randolph Sutton (1888–1969), English singer and comic entertainer
Randolph Thomas (born 1948), Church in Wales priest who served as Archdeacon of Brecon
Randolph W. Thrower (1913–2014), American attorney and government official
Randolph Thummel (fl. 1960s–2020s), American chemist specializing in organic and inorganic chemistry
Randolph Ting (born 1965), Filipino politician
Randolph Toussaint (born 1955), Guyanese cyclist
Randolph Townsend (born 1947), American politician
Randolph Turpin (1928–1966), British boxer
Randolph Vigne (1928–2016), South African anti-apartheid activist
Randolph Want (1811–1869), English-born Australian politician
Randolph W. Washington (born c. 1852), American teacher and state legislator in Florida
Randolph Weatherbee (1907–1976), justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Randolph Henry Weber (1909–1961), judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Randolph Wemyss (1858–1908), Laird of Wemyss Castle and Chief of Clan Wemyss
Randolph Lewis White (1896–1991), African-American newspaper publisher, hospital administrator, and civil-rights activist
Randolph Whitfield Jr. (born 1938), American ophthalmologist
Randolph Wise (1925–1999), Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England
Randolph Woolridge (1956–2009), Australian first-class cricket umpire
Randolph Zane (1887–1918), U.S. Marine Corps officer in World War I

Namesakes of historic houses

Randolph Bainbridge, of the Randolph Bainbridge House
Randolph Columbus Barrett, of the Randolph Columbus Barrett House
Randolph James, of the Randolph James House
Randolph Mitchell, of the Randolph Mitchell House

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Namesakes of historic houses

See also