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Where does “Randall” come from?

Randall (English) comes from English Randolph, from Old Norse úlfr, from Proto-Germanic wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ancestry of “Randall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRandolph—
2Old Norseúlfrwolf
3Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
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