Given name & surname
Ranni
“advice, judgment”·“beautiful”
Ranni is a feminine given name. It is used in Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ranni is a form of Randi. Randi is built from elements meaning “advice, judgment” and “beautiful”.
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Where it comes from
Ranni is a form of Randi. Randi comes from Old Norse.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ranni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 0 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,539 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,539 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include a sample rank of No. 79,360 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ranni’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Ranni has a related form in Randi. In Norwegian usage, Ranni has a related form in Rannveig.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.