Given name & surname
Rennard
“resembling a fox”·“a strong counselor”
Rennard is a variant of Reynard. Interpretations include “resembling a fox” and “a strong counselor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rennard is a variant of Reynard. Interpretations include “resembling a fox” and “a strong counselor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rennard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 59 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 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 6 in 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 130 as a first name in 2020; 386 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.
Rennard’s family of names
Rennard has a related form in Reynard.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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