Given name & surname
Reinhart
“one who provides brave counsel”·“having great strength; an intelligent man”·“resembling a fox”
Reinhart is a variant of Rainart. One German interpretation is “one who provides brave counsel.” Reinhart is a variant of Reginhard. One German interpretation is “having great strength; an intelligent man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reinhart is a variant of Rainart. One German interpretation is “one who provides brave counsel.” Reinhart is a variant of Reginhard. One German interpretation is “having great strength; an intelligent man.” Reinhart 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
Reinhart 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 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reinhart through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 207
- 207 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,455 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,455 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020; 8,793 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.
Reinhart’s family of names
In German usage, Reinhart shares a linguistic root with the English form Reynard. In German usage, Reinhart has a related form in Reinhard. In Icelandic usage, Reinhart has a conventional equivalent in the German form Reinhard.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Reinhart has relatives in 3 languages.
7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
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.
People named Reinhart
- Reinhart KoselleckGerman historian (1923–2006)
- Reinhart DozyDutch orientalist (1820-1883)
- Reinhart AhlrichsGerman theoretical chemist (1940-2016)
- Reinhart FuchsGerman chess player (1934-2017)
- Reinhart SteinbickerGerman film director and screenwriter (1904–1935)
- Reinhart Heinsdorffgraphic artist, sculptor and medalist from Germany1923–2002
- Reinhart HeinrichGerman biophysicist (1946–2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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