Rand Family History
Rand Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Rand a pet form of Randolf. Compare Randolph Randall Randy and see also Rance . English: habitational name from Rand (Lincolnshire) Rand Grange (North Yorkshire) or Raunds (Northamptonshire) all of which derive from Old English rand ‘edge border rim’. German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names formed with rand ‘rim (of a shield)’. Compare 1 above. German: topographic name from Middle High German Middle Low German rand rant ‘edge rim’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022