Ranald

Ranald is an English and Scots masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall. A short form of Ranald is Ran.

Notable persons

 * Ranald Graham (1941–2010), Scottish writer, television director and producer
 * Ranald Leask, British journalist
 * Ranald MacDonald (bishop) (1756–1832), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop
 * Ranald George Macdonald (1788–1873), Scottish clan chief and Member of British Parliament
 * Ranald MacDonald (1824–1894), English language teacher in Japan
 * Ranald Roderick Macdonald (1945–2007), British mathematician and psychologist
 * Ranald MacDougall (1915–1973), American screenwriter
 * Ranald S. Mackenzie (1840–1889), United States Army officer and general during the Civil War
 * Ranald Sutherland, Lord Sutherland (born 1932), Scottish judge

Fictional characters

 * Ranald Bannerman from Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, a novel by George MacDonald