Its source is a Latin expression meaning "Wonderful." The name
Randi ranked 915th in popularity for females of all ages in a
sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics
and 713th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of
the 1990 US Census. Though this name has fluctuated in use, it
has been quietly present throughout the last century. This name
was invented by William Shakespeare for the young heroine of his
play The Tempest. In the play, fifteen-year-old Miranda, who has
never met a man other than her father, Prospero, meets young
Fernando (to whom she proposes marriage) and other members of an
expedition seeking her father. Reflecting on these encounters,
she delivers the famous line, ''O brave new world that has such
people in't!''