Given name & surname
Renaud
“the king's advisor”
Renaud is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Renaud is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Renaud is a variant of Reginald. An origin associated with Reginald is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Renaud through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 61 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 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 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 478 as a first name in 2020; 5,912 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.
Renaud’s family of names
In English usage, Renaud has a diminutive in NOLETTE. In English usage, Renaud has a later derivative in NOLET. In French usage, Renaud has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ronald.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Renaud has relatives in 11 languages.
14 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Renaud
- Renaud LavillenieFrench pole vaulterborn 1986
- Raynald of ChâtillonFrench crusader1120–1187
- RenaudFrench singer, songwriter and actorborn 1952
- Renaud Cohadefootballerborn 1984
- Reginald I of GueldersDutch noble1255–1326
- Reginald I of BurgundyCount of Burgundy986–1057
- Reginald III of BurgundyCount of Burgundy from 1127 to 11481093–1148
- Reginald II of BurgundyCount Palatine of Burgundy and Count of Mâcon from 10871056–1097
- Renaud CapuçonFrench violinistborn 1976
Characters named Renaud: Renaud de Montauban (legendary knight in chivalric romance, Christian saint).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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