Ranulf
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The name Ranulf itself is a scottish variation of the old Norse name Randulfr, a Scandinavian cognate of Randolf. Pronounced RAN-dahlf, the name means shield of wolf; ran being rim (of a shield)) and dahlf being wolf. Though this name is virtually extinct nowadays, it was a popular name in germanic medieval culture.
People named Ranulf include:
- 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 II or 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
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