Given name & surname
Rinaldo
“the king's advisor”
Rinaldo is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rinaldo is a variant of Reginald. One Latin interpretation is “the king's advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rinaldo is a variant of Reginald. An origin associated with Reginald is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Rinaldo is used as a form of Reynold.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rinaldo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 722
- 722 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 23 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 7 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 667 as a first name in 2020; 1,230 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.
Rinaldo’s family of names
Rinaldo shares a linguistic root with Reynold. Rinaldo has a related form in Reginald. Rinaldo is a form of Reynold.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rinaldo has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 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 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rinaldo
- Rinaldo d'EsteDuke of Modena, (1655-1737)
- Rinaldo NocentiniRoad racing cyclistborn 1977
- Rinaldo MartinoArgentine association football player (1921-2000)
- Rinaldo CapelloItalian racing driverborn 1964
- Rinaldo d'EsteCatholic cardinal (1618-1672)
- Rinaldo AlessandriniItalian conductor and harpsichordist, fortepianist, and organistborn 1960
- Rinaldo Del BoItalian politician (1916-1991)
- Rinaldo CuneoAmerican painter (1877–1939)
- Rinaldo BrancaccioCatholic cardinal1400–1427
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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