Given name & surname
Rande
“one who shields others”
Rande is a variant of Rand. One German interpretation is “one who shields others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rande is a variant of Rand. One German interpretation is “one who shields others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rande is a variant of Rand. An origin associated with Rand is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rande through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 616
- 428 boys · 188 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 658 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rande
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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