The origins of the surname Randolph: English and German: classicized spelling of Randolf, Germanic personal name composed of the elements "rand", "rim" (of a shield), "shield" + "wolf". This was introduced into England by Scandinavian settlers in the Old Norse form Rannúlfr, and was reinforced after the Norman Conquest by the Norman form Rannulf. == List of people with the surname == A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979), African-American civil rights leader Augustine Randolf (born 2001), Ghanaian pr…