Reynold as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Reynold

What is the meaning of the name Reynold ?

The baby name Reynold is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈreɪnəld/ (RAY-nəld).

Reynold is Germanic, Norman in Origin.

Reynold is the English form of a Germanic dithematic name from ragin “counsel” and wald “rule, power.” It reached England with the Normans via Old French Reinold/Reinald and Latinized Rainaldus, yielding cognates such as Reginald, French Renaud, Italian Rinaldo, Spanish/Portuguese Reinaldo, Dutch Reinout, and German Reinold. Variant spellings include Reynald, Rainald, Raynold, and Reinold; short forms include Rey and Ren. The core meaning is “ruler by counsel” or “mighty counselor.”

Common in medieval England, Reynold appears in the Domesday Book and in charters of the 12th–13th centuries, and it helped produce the surname Reynolds (“son of Reynold”). Use waned after the Middle Ages but revived modestly in the 19th century; today it is uncommon as a given name in English, while its cognates remain familiar on the Continent. Literary echoes include figures like Renaud de Montauban.