Given name & surname
Reinhold
“the king's advisor”·“a wise and strong ruler”
Reinhold is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.” Reinhold is a variant of Reinheld. One interpretation is “a wise and strong ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reinhold is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.” Reinhold is a variant of Reinheld. One interpretation is “a wise and strong ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reinhold is a variant of Reginald. An origin associated with Reginald is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German use, Reinhold is used as a form of Reynold.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reinhold through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,431
- 1,431 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 72 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 7 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 72 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 714 as a first name in 2020; 2,631 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.
Reinhold’s family of names
Reinhold has a short form in Reine. Reinhold shares a linguistic root with Reynold. Reinhold has a related form in Reginald.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Reinhold has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Reinhold
- Reinhold MessnerItalian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
- Reinhold NiebuhrAmerican Protestant theologian (1892–1971)
- Reinhold GlièreSoviet Ukrainian composer (1875–1956)
- Reince PriebusChairman of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017born 1972
- Reinhold MitterlehnerAustrian politicianborn 1955
- Reinhold Schünzelactor and director (1888-1954)1886–1954
- Reinhold MackGerman music producer and audio engineer (born 1949)
- Reinhold EwaldGerman astronautborn 1956
- Reinhold MünzenbergGerman footballer (1909-1986)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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