Ranulf is a masculine

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in the English language. It is derived from the Old Norse name ''Reginúlfr''. This Old Norse

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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 de Vains Ranulf is a 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 s ...

, Ranulf the Moneyer, Norman born around circa 1015, appears around 1035 in Domesday *

Ranulf I de Soules Ranulf de Soules was a Norman knight who came to Scotland with David I and served as his cupbearer.M'Michael T., Feudal Family. pp.163-93 Early life Ranulf was probably born in the Cotentin Peninsula at Soules, the family's seigneurie near Saint- ...

, Norman knight who came to Scotland with David I *

Ranulf I of Aquitaine Ranulf I (also ''Ramnulf'', ''Rannulf'', and ''Ranulph'') (820–866) was a Count of Poitiers (from 835) and Duke of Aquitaine (from 852). He is the son of Gerard, Count of Auvergne. Few details are known about Ranulf I, except that he died in 866 i ...

* Ranulf II of Aquitaine *

Ranulf II, Count of Alife Ranulf II (or Rainulf II, it, Rainulfo; died 30 April 1139) was the count of Alife and Caiazzo, and duke of Apulia. He was a member of the Italo-Norman Drengot family which dominated the Principality of Capua for most of the century between 105 ...

* Rainulf Trincanocte, third count of Aversa *

Ranulf de Broc Ranulf de Broc (sometimes Rannulf de Broc;Keats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 351 died around 1179) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal official during the reign of King Henry II of England. He held two offices in the royal household as ...

(died c. 1179), royal marshall * Ranulf Compton, United States Representative from Connecticut * 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 Ranulf de Glanvill (''alias'' Glanvil, Glanville, Granville, etc., died 1190) was Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II (1154–89) and was the probable author of ''Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie'' ( ...

, Chief Justiciar of England *

Ranulf Higdon Ranulf Higden or Higdon ( – 12 March 1364) was an English chronicler and a Benedictine monk who wrote the ''Polychronicon'', a Late Medieval magnum opus. Higden, who resided at the monastery of St. Werburgh in Chester, is believed to ha ...

(or Higden), English chronicler and a Benedictine monk *

Ranulf of Wareham Ranulf of Wareham (died 1222) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester. Life Ranulf was a monk of Norwich Cathedral before becoming prior of that foundation by 1217.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (No ...

, Bishop of Chichester * Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, English adventurer

Fictional characters with the name

Ranulf Ranulf is a 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 s ...

, character in '' Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'' and its sequel, '' Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn''. * 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.Penman, Sharon Kay. "Ranulf vs Richard," 5 May 2009. Author's blog article accessed at 14 July 2013.

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