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Rankin (name)

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Rankin is a last name of Scottish and English origin, brought to Ireland by the Plantation of Ulster. The name is derived from the medieval personal name Rankin, which is a diminutive of Ronald or Rand, combined with the diminutive suffix kin.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Rankin Name Meaning and History Retrieved on 2008-02-22. (The website cites Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.)
  2. ^ MalcLysaght, Edward (1985). The Surnames of Ireland (fourth ed.). Dublin: Irish Academic Press. p. 254. ISBN 0716523647.