# Ayn Rand Paul

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 21, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayn-rand-paul/656307 "2013-04-21T14:11:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayn-rand-paul/656307/21 "2013-04-22T23:54:54Z")

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> [@Icarus](#):
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> Where do you think he got his first name, anyway?

His first name is Randal and at least up until 1984 when he started med school he called himself Randy. I’m not sure when he began styling himself as “Rand”. His reasons for choosing that moniker are fairly obvious, as you have pointed out.

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayn-rand-paul/656307/22 "2013-04-23T00:33:25Z")

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