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 [ 2 syll. ran-dy, ra-ndy ] The boy name Randy is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is RAENDiy KEY. Randy is used chiefly in the English language, and its origin is Old Greek and Germanic. The name evolved form the pet forms of other names. It has been adopted by English speakers as an independent name, despite the association with the slang 'randy' meaning 'lusty'. The name Randi (English) is the female form of Randy. The name Randi (English) and the name Randie (English) are variants of Randy. In addition, Randy is a pet form of the name Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian) in the English language. Randy is also a short form of the name Randolph (English). Randy is also a short form of the name Randall (English). Randey (English variant spelling) is another form of Randy. Randy is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1930s up to the 1950s; before that, it was of very modest use only. At the peak of its usage in 1956, 0.771% of baby boys were given the name Randy. It ranked at #28 then. The baby name has since suffered a substantial fall in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.051% and its ranking #301, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Andrew (English, Greek, and Russian), out of all boy names in its group. In 2008, it was used 15 times more than Randy. Randy has mostly been a boy name in the past century. In 1965, the name Randy was given to 75 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Randy include Randi (English), Randie (English), Raemond (English), Rahmet (Turkish), Raimond (English), Raimund (German), Ramnath (Indian), Ramond (English), Randey (English), Rando (German), Ranjit (Indian), Rayment (English), Raymond (English and French), Raymund (English), Reimond (Romanian), Reimund (German), Reinmund (German), Reinout (Dutch), Renat (Polish), and Reymund (Spanish). Details of famous persons named Randy: KEY: Pronunciation for Randy: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
