Given name & surname
Renault
“the king's advisor”
Renault is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Renault is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Renault is a variant of Reginald. An origin associated with Reginald is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From French Renault, from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Renault through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 24 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 8 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 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 119 as a first name in 2020; 542 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.
Renault’s family of names
In English usage, Renault as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Reynold. Renault has a related form in Reginald. In French usage, Renault as a surname has a related form in Regnault.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Renault has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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