Given name & surname
Randi
“the wolf shield”·“lustful”·“one who is worthy of admiration”
Randi is a variant of Randall. One German interpretation is “the wolf shield.” Randi is a variant of Randy. One interpretation is “lustful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Randi is a variant of Randall. One German interpretation is “the wolf shield.” Randi is a variant of Randy. One interpretation is “lustful.” Randi is a form of Miranda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is worthy of admiration.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Randi is used as a feminine counterpart of Randall.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Randi is a 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
Randi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30,799
- 1,136 boys · 29,663 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 1,109 babies
- 2025
- 34
- #4,252 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 34 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,252 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,086 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 26,229 as a first name in 2020; 129 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.
Randi’s family of names
Randi is a feminine form of Randall. Randi has a related form in Randy. Randi has a related form in Randy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Randi
- Randi ZuckerbergAmerican businesswomanborn 1982
- Randi MillerOlympic wrestlerborn 1983
- Randi BlehrPresident of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights1851–1928
- Randi BrænneNorwegian actress (1911-2004)
- Randi AltschulAmerican toy inventorborn 1960
- Randi LaubekDanish singer and songwriterborn 1973
- Randi Griffinice hockey player and data scientistborn 1988
- Randi Bakkefigure skater (1904–1984)
- Randi WeingartenAmerican lawyerborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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