Ranulf

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Gender Masculine Language(s) Old Norse Derivation regin + úlfr		Language(s) English Word/name Reginúlfr
Meaning "advice", "decision" (also "the gods") + "wolf"

Ranulf is masculine given name in the English language. It is derived from the Old Norse name Reginúlfr. This Old Norse personal name is composed of two elements: the first, regin, means "advice", "decision" (and also "the gods"); the second element, úlfr, means "wolf". Reginúlfr was introduced into Scotland and northern England, by Scandinavian settlers, in the Early Middle Ages.

People with the name

Ranulf I de Soules, Norman knight who came to Scotland with David I

Ranulf I of Aquitaine

Ranulf II of Aquitaine

Ranulf II, Count of Alife

Rainulf Trincanocte, third count of Aversa

Ranulf Compton, United States Representative from Connecticut (the only modern Ranulf here listed)

Rainulf Drengot, Norman adventurer and the first count of Aversa

Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham

Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester

Ranulf de Glanvill, Chief Justiciar of England

Ranulf Higdon (or Higden), English chronicler and a Benedictine monk

Ranulf of Wareham, Bishop of Chichester

Ranulph Fiennes correctly Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, Bt., OBE, English adventurer

Fictional characters with the name

Ranulf, character in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

Ranulf, an additional natural son of Henry I of England in Sharon Kay Penman's Plantagenet series. The meticulous research for which Penman is noted extends to the names of minor characters. Completely fictional characters in her books are rare and are always identified in her author's notes. They serve as devices to illustrate aspects of medieval life, to reveal information, or to bridge gaps in knowledge, especially when such revelations would be out of character for the historical figures in her novels.

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