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ATTN:- Andria
Thanks for your help! This was one where i had several explanations as to it's origin.Can you help with one more French name? It's from a place in Normandy called "Ranville", i know the second element means settlement, but what does "Ran" mean???Anyhelp or thoughts welcome
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You're welcome. :)Most of the names with the elements "ran", "ram", "ren" or such point to the germanic term "ragin" (or rad), meaning council. For example Rambaud (ragin + bald), Rainard (ragin + hard), Renault (ragin + walan)...Otherwise it could come from the latin word "rana" meaning frog...but i don't really think so...Anyway, those are just suppositions. :)Andria.
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