Given name & surname
Randa
“one who is worthy of admiration”
Randa is a short form of Miranda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is worthy of admiration.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Randa is a short form of Miranda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is worthy of admiration.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Randa is a short form of Miranda. An origin associated with Miranda is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Randa is used as a shortened form of Miranda.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Randa is a short form of Miranda. The history of Miranda gives this family its wider story. Shakespeare created Miranda for The Tempest. Her name takes the feminine form of Latin mirandus, from mirari, “to admire” or “wonder at”—a connection that explains the familiar interpretation “admirable.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Randa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,690
- 0 boys · 3,690 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 107 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,700 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,700 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 107 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,874 as a first name in 2020; 710 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Randa’s family of names
Randa is a short form of Miranda. Randa has a related form in Randi.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Randa
- Randa Abdel-Fattahcontemporary Australian writer of novels for young adultsborn 1979
- Randa El BeheryEgyptian actressborn 1983
- Randa Chahal SabagLebanese film director (1953–2008)
- Randa HabibFrench journalistborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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