Given name & surname · also French
Reynolds
“the king's advisor”
Reynolds is a variant of Reynold. In English use, Reynold carries the interpretation “the king's advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reynolds is a variant of Reynold. In English use, Reynold carries the interpretation “the king's advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reynolds comes from Anglo-Norman, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Anglo-Norman Reinald, from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz, built from Proto-Germanic *raginą + *waldaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reynolds through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,805
- 1,674 boys · 131 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #5,349 for boys · #11,717 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,349 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1923. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,153 as a first name in 2020; 191,703 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.
Reynolds’s family of names
In English usage, Reynolds as a surname has a nickname in FOXY. Reynolds has a related form in Reynold. In English usage, Reynolds as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ρέινολντς.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Reynolds has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Reynolds
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