Randolph Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Families named Randolph carry an English surname with a long history. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “descendant of Randwulf (shield, wolf)”.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Randolph family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

Where the name comes from

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.

The 2010 US Census counted 41,129 people named Randolph, ranking it number 840 among American surnames. It sits among the 1,000 most common last names in the country. Want more than a summary? See the Randolph family name pack.