Given name & surname
Raynard
“resembling a fox”·“a strong counselor”·“the decisive warrior”
Raynard is a variant of Reynard. Interpretations include “resembling a fox” and “a strong counselor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Raynard is a variant of Raynor. One German interpretation is “the decisive warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raynard is a variant of Reynard. Interpretations include “resembling a fox” and “a strong counselor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Raynard is a variant of Raynor. One German interpretation is “the decisive warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Raynard is a variant of Raynor. An origin associated with Raynor is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raynard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,061
- 3,061 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 123 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −68%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 123 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,943 as a first name in 2020; 298 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Raynard’s family of names
In English usage, Raynard has a conventional equivalent in the German form Reinhard. Raynard has a related form in Reynard. Raynard has a related form in Raynor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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