Randle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Randle is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname that came from the baptismal name Randel. In this case the surname Randle was a diminutive of the personal name Rand, a short form of various German names with the first element rand meaning shield or wolf. 1

Alternatively, the name was derived from the name of an ancestor as in ‘the son of Randolph,’ from the nickname Randle. As such, the earliest records of the family were as a forename as in Randle de Arclet, Cheshire, temp. 1290. 2

Early Origins of the Randle family

The surname Randle was first found in the parish of Ladock in Cornwall. “Hay, which was formerly deemed a genteel residence, was successively a seat of the families of Randyll, Tregain, and Bone.” 3