Given name & surname
Renaldo
“the king's advisor”
Renaldo is a variant of Ronald. One interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Renaldo is a variant of Ronald. One interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Renaldo is a variant of Ronald. An origin associated with Ronald is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Renaldo is a variant of Ronald. The history of Ronald gives this family its wider story. Ronald was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Renaldo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,879
- 2,879 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 116 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,461 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,461 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 116 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,868 as a first name in 2020; 437 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.
Renaldo’s family of names
Renaldo has a related form in Ronald.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Renaldo
- Renaldo Nehemiahhurdler, American football playerborn 1959
- Renaldo BalkmanPuerto Rican/American basketball playerborn 1984
- Renaldo BensonAmerican musician (1936–2005)
- Renaldo MajorAmerican basketball player (born 1982)
- Renaldo RamaAlbanian association football playerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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