Randi

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Randy in US United States, PH Philippines, GB United Kingdom and 19 more and רנדי in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Randi is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name21K records spelled Randi3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Canada

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Randi

• a separate given name16K records spelled Randi2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada

  Also written Rändi

• Spanish given name14K records spelled Randi11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic

  Languages: Spanish, Romanian

  Also written Randí, Rändï, Rândï, Räńdî, Rändi

• a separate given name3.0K records spelled Randi2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Canada, Sweden

  Also written Řañďî

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Randi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Randi (av äldre Ragndi(d)) är en norsk form av Ragnfrid, fornvästnordiskt Ragnfríðr, sammansatt av → Ragn- och → -frid.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, forma popular e coloquial, redução de Bertrandi/Randolfi

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Hungarian, rendezvous, date (a romantic meeting between two people)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Esperanto, to be on the edge, to be the edge of something

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swahili, rand (unit of currency in South Africa)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 89 years between 1931–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Randi Brænneb. 1911NONorwegian actress (1911-2004)
• Randi Brattelib. 1924NONorwegian journalist (1924–2002)
• Mari Boineb. 1956NOnot in their usual nameNorthern Sámi singer from Norway (born 1956)
• Randi Weingartenb. 1957USAmerican lawyer
• Randi Leinanb. 1968NOAssociation footballer
• Randi Laubekb. 1973DKDanish singer and songwriter
• Randi Zuckerbergb. 1982USAmerican businesswoman
• Randi Millerb. 1983USOlympic wrestler
• Randi Wrightb. 1985USAmerican pornographic actress
• Randi Mayem Singerb. 2000USAmerican screenwriter, producer, and showrunner

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 595 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Randi?

We estimate roughly 269 thousand people bear Randi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Randi have the most bearers?

We estimate about 247 thousand people bear Randi in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled randy.

Where is Randi most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Randi is densest in Norway — about 1 in 394 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Randi compared with other names?

In the United States, Randi is the 167th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Randi a male or female name?

Randi is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Randi mean?

Recorded meaning: da Morando