Randy
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | '''Randy'''
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! Gender:
| Male
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! Origin:
| Unknown
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! Meaning:
| ''Wolf with a shield''
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The name '''Randy''' generally derives from the names [[Randall]] or [[Randolph]] (meaning ''wolf with a shield''). Randy is used as a given name primarily in the [[US]] and [[Canada]].
==Men known as Randy==
* [[Randy Alcorn]], Christian evangelist and book writer
* [[Randy Bachman]], Canadian musician
* [[Randy Barnes]], Olympic Shot Putt Champion 1996
* [[Randy Brecker]], American musician
* [[Randy Brooks]], various people named Randy Brooks
* [[Randy Burridge]], Canadian hockey player
* [[Randy Couture]], American mixed martial arts fighter/wrestler
* [[Randy Castillo]], drummer
* [[Randy Charles Morin]], author and blogger
* [[Randy DeBarge]], American Musician of RnB Group DeBarge
* [[Randy Gardner]], various people named Randy Gardner
* [[Randy Gregg (ice hockey)]], Canadian hockey player
* [[Randy Harrison]], American actor
* [[Randy Holt]], Canadian hockey player
* [[Randy Houser]], American country singer
* [[Randy Jackson (disambiguation)]]
* [[Randy Johnson]], American baseball pitcher
* [[Randy Kamp]], Canadian politician
* [[Randy Ladouceur]], Canadian hockey player and coach
* [[Randy Mantooth]], American actor
* [[Randy Meisner]], musician/songwriter
* [[Randy Moss]], American football player
* [[Randy Neumann]], former American boxer
* [[Randy Newman]], singer/songwriter
* Randy Ortiz, Puerto Rican Reggeaton singer From Duo [[Jowell & Randy]]
* [[Randy Orton]], professional wrestler
* [[Randy Owen]], American country singer, and former lead vocalist of the country supergroup [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]
* [[Randy Pausch]], professor of Computer Science
* [[Randy Piper]], American lead guitarist
* [[Randy Rhoads]], American rock guitarist
* [[Randi Rhodes]], American radio personality
* [[Randy Robitaille]], Canadian hockey player
* [[Randy Samuel]], soccer player
* [[Randy Savage]], professional wrestler
* [[Randy Spelling]], American actor
* [[Randy Travis]], American country singer
* [[Randy Weston]], American pianist and composer
===In fiction===
* Randy Bo-Bandy, a character in [[List of Trailer Park Boys characters|''Trailer Park Boys'']]
* Randy the Bully, a character in [[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]
* Randy Fulcher, a character in [[Family Guy]]
* [[Randy Hickey]], a character in ''My name is Earl''
* [[Randy and Sharon Marsh|Randy Marsh]], a ''South Park'' character
==Other usage==
* [[James Randi]], Stage magician and scientific skeptic
* [[Randy (band)]], Swedish punk rock band
** [[Randy the Band]], their eponymous 2005 album
* A slang term for being [[sexually aroused]]
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