The baby name Renald is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced REN-ald (/ˈrɛnəld/).
The baby name Renald is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced REN-ald (/ˈrɛnəld/).
Renald is Germanic, Latin in Origin.
Renald is a Germanic-rooted masculine name from ragin/regen meaning counsel and wald/walt meaning rule or power, yielding the sense of ruler by counsel or powerful advisor. Carried by the Normans, it entered medieval Latin as Renaldus/Reinaldus and spread across French and English records. The name is cognate with figures like St. Reinold of Dortmund and the chanson hero Renaud de Montauban.
Use peaked in the Middle Ages, later declining as the given name but persisting in the English surname Reynolds and in Francophone areas, where Rénald occurs. Close variants include Reinald, Reinold, Reynald, Reynold, and the Romance forms Reinaldo/Reynaldo and Renaud; related forms are Reginald and German Reinhold. Short forms Ren, Renny, and Naldo occur. Today Renald is rare yet feels crisp and traditional, with a composed, counsel-ruled character.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HT | 0 | #12 | 1 | 399 | |
| HT | Boys | 0 | #31 | 4 | 903 |
| MT | 0 | #41 | 3 | 1,767 | |
| AL | 0 | #72 | 5 | 2,372 | |
| LT | 0 | #88 | 1 | 949 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #133 | 3 | 4,130 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #150 | 2 | 2,166 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #153 | 24 | 4,064 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #253 | 46 | 5,122 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #272 | 2 | 6,912 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #373 | 11 | 11,440 |
| France | Boys | 2007 | #400 | 3 | 2,758 |
| ZA | 0 | #472 | 3 | 14,421 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #518 | 9 | 12,621 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #559 | 2 | 11,671 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #570 | 6 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #584 | 4 | 17,937 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #618 | 48 | 13,390 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #620 | 3 | 9,244 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #734 | 6 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #739 | 5 | 18,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #741 | 11 | 12,213 |
| SY | 0 | #765 | 3 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2007 | #866 | 6 | 7,493 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #909 | 7 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #937 | 15 | 5,873 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #939 | 14 | 5,697 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,138 | 6 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,154 | 25 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,177 | 6 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,231 | 4 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,442 | 30 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,592 | 23 | 28,008 |
Renald is popular in 41 countries — most recent births per country:
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