The English name of Randall comes from Middle English term of ‘randel’ which meant a shield. Variations in spelling Randall include Randal, Randell, Rendall, Randolph, Rendle and Rendell. In England a population of Randalls are in the City of London and then surrounding counties of Essex, Kent and Middlesex. In Scotland a high population with the Randall surname are on the Islands of Orkney in the North Sea and in the counties of Lanarkshire and Midlothian. Within the United States Randall families were originally from Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, Maryland, California, Texas, Washington, Maine and Pennsylvania. Famous: Josh Randall (television actor), Tony Randall (movie and television comic actor), Marcus Randall (professional football player), Semeka Randall (professional basketball player), Paulette Randall (theater director in England), Jeff Randall (English journalist), George Morton Randall (Major General with the Union Army during the American Civil War) and Frankie Randall (professional boxer).