Given name & surname
Reinold
“the king's advisor”
Reinold is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reinold is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reinold is a variant of Reginald. An origin associated with Reginald is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old High German Raginald, from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz; its root is Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reinold through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55
- 55 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 10 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 1938. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 210 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.
Reinold’s family of names
Reinold has a related form in Reginald. In German usage, Reinold has a related form in Reinhold. In German usage, Reinold has a related form in Reinhold.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Reinold
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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