Rand

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Randall or Randolph.
    • In a Fox Business interview on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) alluded to the distinction between private and government responses to offensive speech, but his comments were ambiguous enough that an uncharitable viewer...
  3. A number of places, other than in South Africa:

    1. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1078).

    2. A small town in Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.

    3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.

    4. An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.

    5. A census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Origin

From Afrikaans rand, from English rand; compare English rand.

Related

rant

Derived

Randian Randianism Randite Randroid

Proper noun South Africa

  1. The Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known as the Reef in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, of which the principal city is Johannesburg.

Forms

the Rand

Derived

Randite Randlord

Noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of rand (the currency of south Africa)

Forms

Rand