Given name
Raynald
“the king's advisor”
Raynald is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raynald is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Raynald is a variant of Reginald. An origin associated with Reginald is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raynald through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 99
- 99 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1940. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 254 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Raynald’s family of names
Raynald has a related form in Reginald.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Raynald
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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