Rankin
Common British surname
Rankin is a Scottish and Irish surname, originally a diminutive of Randolph or Rand.
Notable bearers include Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S.
Congress, and Ian Rankin, the Scottish crime novelist known for the Inspector Rebus series.
The name also appears in place names across the English-speaking world.
Genre about solving crimes
- authorCreator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- EdinburghScotland's seat of government
mystery · Inspector · congresswoman · suffragist · pacifist · Montana · politician
Related group sharing ancestry
- tartanPatterned clan fabric
- HighlandsNamed elevated regions
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- ScottishOf that northern kingdom
kilt · Edinburgh · Celtic · surname · patronymic · Ayrshire · heraldry · crest
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- family treeChart of ancestors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- descendantsThose who come after
forebears · kinship · heritage · roots · records · archives · genealogist · pedigree
crime fiction
Genre about solving crimes
- authorCreator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
Edinburgh · mystery · Inspector · congresswoman · suffragist · pacifist · Montana · politician
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
Scottish · kilt · Edinburgh · Celtic · surname · patronymic · Ayrshire · heraldry · crest · motto
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- family treeChart of ancestors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
descendants · forebears · kinship · heritage · roots · records · archives · genealogist · pedigree · progenitors
- pulling rankInvoking superior status
- taxi rankQueue point for hire cars
- pull rankExploit hierarchical advantage
- enlisted rankNon-commissioned military grade
- pulled rankExploited hierarchical advantage
- rank and fileOrdinary members collectively