Given name & surname
Reynaud
“resembling a fox”·“a strong counselor”
Reynaud 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
Reynaud 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 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reynaud through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 6 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 1940. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 785 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.
Reynaud’s family of names
Reynaud shares a linguistic root with Reynold. Reynaud has a related form in Reynard.
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.
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