Across the world, Runnels (Runnels 
) is an extremely rare dominantly boy's, but uncommonly female forename. Much more frequently, Runnels is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Runnels | Australia, United States, Latvia, Canada, New Zealand |
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hardin richard runnels American politician (1820-1873), US (b. 1820) |
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| howell washington runnels, sr. politician, US (b. 1823) |
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