Randolfe

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Galician

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Etymology

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Documented in 1325 as Randulfe, from a Latin genitive form of a Germanic composite personal name; from Suevic or Gothic, from *randiz (shield) + *wulfaz (wolf).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ranˈdolfe/ [ran̪ˈd̪ol.fɪ]
  • Rhymes: -olfe
  • Hyphenation: Ran‧dol‧fe

Proper noun

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Randolfe

  1. A village in Bermún, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia
  2. a toponymic surname
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References

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  • "Randolfe" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
  1. ^ Piel, J. M., & Kremer, D. (1976). Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch: der Niederschlag des Westgotischen in den alten und heutigen Personen- und Ortsnamen der Iberischen Halbinsel. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. Page 221-222.