Given name & surname
Reinhardt
“resembling a fox”·“a strong counselor”·“one who provides brave counsel”
Reinhardt is a variant of Reynard. Interpretations include “resembling a fox” and “a strong counselor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Reinhardt is a variant of Rainart. One German interpretation is “one who provides brave counsel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reinhardt is a variant of Reynard. Interpretations include “resembling a fox” and “a strong counselor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Reinhardt is a variant of Rainart. One German interpretation is “one who provides brave counsel.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reinhardt is a variant of Rainart. An origin associated with Rainart 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
Reinhardt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 297
- 297 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1913
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,103 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +52%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,103 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1913. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 203 as a first name in 2020; 11,087 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.
Reinhardt’s family of names
In German usage, Reinhardt has a related form in Reinhard. In Danish usage, Reinhardt has a conventional equivalent in the German form Reinhard. Reinhardt has a related form in Reynard.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Reinhardt
- Reinhardt KristensenDanish biologistborn 1948
- Rynardt van RensburgSouth African athletics competitorborn 1992
- Reinhardt ArndtGerman judokaborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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