Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Renold isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
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.
From dated birth records
Renold through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 63 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1943
- 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 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1943. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 282 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Renold’s family of names
Renold may belong to the same name family as RENNOLD. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Renold, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Rolly
“from the renowned land”
>99% boys
Rayford
“from the roe deer crossing”
>99% boys
Ronal
“the king's advisor”
>99% boys
Radford
“from the red ford”
>99% boys
Remo
“woman from the town of Rheims” · “man from the town of Rheims”
>99% boys
Errol
“a nobleman” · “a wanderer”
>99% boys
Rollie
“from the renowned land”
>99% boys
Jerald
“one who rules with the spear”
>99% boys
Sibling ideas
Names that share Renold’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A sister for Renold