Rand


Gender:
Origin: Arabic, English, German
94 famous people named Rand found on Wikipedia.
2843 male, 120 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 5226-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 656-th in year 1952

Meanings

Rand is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Rand Araskog (born 1931), American businessman
Rand Beers (born 1942), American politician
Rand Brooks (1918–2003), American film actor
Rand Chappell, American basketball coach
Rand Dyck (born 1943), Canadian political scientist
Rand Holmes (1942–2002), Canadian artist
Rand Hummel (born 1956), American preacher and author
Rand Miller (born 1959), American video game designer
Rand Paul (born 1963), American politician and ophthalmologist
Rand Ravich, American screenwriter and producer
Rand Schrader (1945–1993), American activist and judge
Rand Steiger (born 1957), American composer, conductor, and pedagogue
Rand Wilson, American politician
Fictional characters:
Rand al'Thor, the main character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction series

"rocky ridge overlooking a river valley," 1839, South African English, from Afrikaans, from Dutch rand "edge, margin," cognate with Old English rand "brink, bank." As a unit of currency, adopted by the Republic of South Africa in 1961 (see Krugerrand). Johnson's dictionary has rand "Border; seam: as the rand of a woman's shoe."

Variants of Randolph: wolf's shield. Living on the riverbank. Means: tree of good scent in Arabic.

Famous People: 94 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ayn Rand 1905 Russian-American novelist and philosopher
2 Rand Paul 1963 American politician, ophthalmologist, and United States Senator from Kentucky
3 Paul Rand 1914 American graphic designer
4 Andre Rand 1944 American criminal
5 Janice Rand
6 Sally Rand 1904 A burlesque dancer and actress.
7 Josh Rand 1974 American musician
8 Rand al'Thor Fictional character
9 Rand Brooks 1918 Actor and rancher
10 Rand Beers 1942 American Presidential advisor
11 Mary Rand 1940 British track and field athlete
12 Robin Rand 1957 United States Air Force general
13 Rand Miller 1959 American businessman
14 Rand Ravich 2000 American screenwriter, director and producer
15 Toby Rand 1977 Australian musician
16 Shuli Rand 1962 Actor, writer, singer
17 Jonathan Rand 1980 American writer
18 Rand Araskog 1931 Prominent U.S. businessman/ex-CEO of ITT Corporation
19 Archie Rand 1949 American artist
20 J Rand 1987 Singer
21 Ivan Rand 1884 Canadian politician
22 Rand Holmes 1942 Canadian underground comix cartoonist
23 John Goffe Rand 1801 American painter
24 Rand Pecknold American ice hockey coach
25 Rand Schrader 1945 American judge
26 Rand Hindi 1985
27 Silas Tertius Rand 1810 Canadian writer
28 Rand Flem-Ath Canadian librarian and author
29 Rand Wilson American politician
30 Rand Dyck 1943 Canadian political scientist
31 Anne Rand 1946 American nurse and politician
32 John Rand 1871 American actor
33 David G. Rand 1982 American academic
34 Frank Chambless Rand 1876 American businessman
35 Terry Rand 1934 American basketball player
36 Rose Rand 1903 Austrian philosopher
37 Ronald Rand
38 Tony Rand 1939 American politician
39 Walter Rand 1919 American politician
40 Gertrude Rand 1886 US research scientist
41 Ellen Emmet Rand 1875 American painter
42 Rand Hummel 1956 American christian fundementalist
43 Rand Steiger 1957 American conductor
44 Taavi Rand 1992 Estonian ice dancer
45 Ripley Rand 1970 American judge
46 Yvonne Rand American Buddhist priest
47 Austin L. Rand 1905 Canadian zoologist
48 Tuuli Rand 1990 Estonian singer
49 George Du Rand 1982 Swimmer
50 Salty du Rand 1926 South African rugby union player
51 Rick Rand 1957 American politician
52 Robert Wheeler Rand 1928
53 Tom Rand 2000 Costume Designer
54 Sidney Rand 1916 American diplomat
55 Max Rand 1942 Finnish journalist
56 Kristjan Rand 1987 Estonian ice dancer
57 Cater Rand 1749 British surveyor
58 Rand Morrison 1949
59 Philinda Rand 1876 American teacher
60 John L. Rand 1861 American politician
61 Ed Rand 1920 Louisiana businessman and politician
62 Aaron Rand Canadian radio host
63 Dick Rand 1931 American baseball player
64 Dave Rand 1973 Welsh racing cyclist
65 Jack Rand 1902 English footballer
66 Theodore Harding Rand 1835 Chancellor of McMaster University
67 Isaac Rand 1674 Apothecary and botanist
68 Benjamin H. Rand 1827 American academic
69 Rand Chappell 1963 American basketball player-coach
70 Ted Rand 1916 American illustrator
71 Bitte Kai Rand 1956 Danish designer
72 Nelson Rand Canadian journalist
73 Greg Rand 1968 American journalist
74 Edgar E. Rand 1905
75 Kenneth Rand 1891 Poet
76 Jay Rand 1950 Olympic ski jumper
77 Alonzo Cooper Rand 1831 American inventor and politician
78 Henry Hale Rand 1909
79 Keith Rand 1956 British artist
80 Rand Saad 1994 Iraqi Archer
81 William Rand English physician
82 Edward Kennard Rand 1871 American classical and medieval philologist
83 Scott Rand 1968 Canadian rower
84 George D. Rand American architect
85 Muriel K. Rand 1959 American academic
86 Jeb Rand 1965 American figure skater (b. 1965)
87 Glenn Martin Rand
88 Leander Rand 1827 Canadian politician
89 Valter Rand 1914
90 Lea Rand 1963
91 Randy Rand
92 Janne Rand 1984 American ski jumper
93 Howard Rand
94 Nisan Rand 1930