Where does “Randolph” come from?

Randolph is an English given name derived from Old Norse Randúlfr, composed of rǫnd and úlfr, where rǫnd comes from Proto-Germanic randa, itself from Proto-Indo-European rem(w)-.

Ancestry of “Randolph”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseúlfrwolf
2Proto-Germanicwulfazwolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “Randolph”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wulfaz →Every word from Old Norse úlfr →