Randy Definition
A diminutive of Randall and Randolph, used as a male given name in the US.
A diminutive of the female given name Miranda.
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Origin of Randy
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1690, from Scottish randy (“boisterous, aggressive"), of uncertain origin. Probably from rand (“to storm, rave", verb), a variant of rant, see rant; or from rand (“edge", noun), in the sense of "edgy, on edge", from Middle English rand (“edge, brink, margin, border"), from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim"). Related to randan.
From Wiktionary
Possibly from obsolete rand to rant from obsolete Dutch randen, ranten
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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