Given name & surname
Reynaldo
“the king's advisor”
Reynaldo is a variant of Reynold. In English use, Reynold carries the interpretation “the king's advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reynaldo is a variant of Reynold. In English use, Reynold carries the interpretation “the king's advisor.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reynaldo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20,575
- 20,552 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 345 babies
- 2025
- 102
- #1,652 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 102 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,652 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 345 in 1991. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (34). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 29,284 as a first name in 2020; 412 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.
Reynaldo’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Reynaldo has a diminutive in Aldong. In Spanish usage, Reynaldo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ronald. In Spanish usage, Reynaldo has a related form in Reinaldo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Reynaldo has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Reynaldo
- Reynaldo Bignonepresident of Argentina1928–2018
- Reynaldo HahnVenezuelan-French composer (1874-1947)
- Reynaldo GianecchiniBrazilian actor and modelborn 1972
- ReynaldoBrazilian footballerborn 1989
- Reynaldo ReyAmerican actor (1940-2015)
- Reynaldo Evangelista5th Bishop of Imusborn 1960
- Reynaldo Vera González-QuevedoCuban chess playerborn 1961
- Reynaldo ParksCosta Rican footballerborn 1974
- Reynaldo dos SantosPortuguese physician, historian and writer1880–1970
Characters named Reynaldo: Rey Curtis (the TV series Law & Order).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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