Given name & surname
Reinhard
“one who provides brave counsel”·“having great strength; an intelligent man”·“resembling a fox”
Reinhard is a variant of Rainart. One German interpretation is “one who provides brave counsel.” Reinhard is a variant of Reginhard. One German interpretation is “having great strength; an intelligent man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reinhard is a variant of Rainart. One German interpretation is “one who provides brave counsel.” Reinhard is a variant of Reginhard. One German interpretation is “having great strength; an intelligent man.” Reinhard is a variant of Reynard. Interpretations include “resembling a fox” and “a strong counselor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reinhard is a variant of Rainart. An origin associated with Rainart is German. In German use, Reinhard shares an earlier linguistic root with Reynard. An origin associated with Reynard is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German use, Reinhard is used as a form of Reynard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reinhard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 435
- 435 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 17 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 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 899 as a first name in 2020; 3,800 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.
Reinhard’s family of names
Reinhard shares a linguistic root with Reynard. In German usage, Reinhard has a conventional equivalent in the English form Raynard. In German usage, Reinhard has a conventional equivalent in the French form Renard.
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Around the world
Reinhard has relatives in 7 languages.
21 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- RenardFrench
- RaynardEnglish
- Renkeequivalent
- Renartcognate · French
- Renārscognate · Latvian
- Reinekedoublet · German
- Reinhardshas masculine form
- ReinharðIcelandic
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Reinhard
- Reinhard GenzelGerman astronomerborn 1952
- Reinhard SeltenGerman economist (1930-2016)
- Reinhard MarxGerman Roman Catholic cardinalborn 1953
- Reinhard LibudaGerman footballer (1943-1996)
- Reinhard KeiserGerman opera composer (1674–1739)
- Reinhard MeyGerman singer-songwriterborn 1942
- Reinhard FurrerGerman astronaut (1940-1995)
- Reinhard Schwarzenbergerski jumperborn 1977
- Reinhard LauckGerman footballer (1946–1997)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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