Randal

Where Randal comes from

Variant of Randall.
— Wiktionary's entry for Randal
  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #1,020 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Randal Kleiser born
    Film director, screenwriter
  3. 1958
    Peak, #189
    1,477 babies named Randal — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #285.
  5. 1998
    Randal Kolo Muani born
    French footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Randall.
Namesakes
  • Randal Kolo Muani · French footballer, born 1998
  • Randal Kleiser · Film director, screenwriter, born 1946
  • Randal Willars · Mexican diver, born 2002
  • Randal Falker · American basketball player, born 1985
  • Randal Bryant · American computer scientist, born 1952

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.