# Reinhardt (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reinhardt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | “counsel”, “strong” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Reinhart, Rinehart, Rhinehart |
| US babies named this | 297 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 297 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From the German and Jewish surname, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz, composed of Germanic elements *raginą (“counsel”) + *harduz (“strong”).

## What it means

Reinhardt is grouped under strong.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 7 | 3,220 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,466 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,932 |
| 1942 | 7 | 3,154 |
| 1948 | 7 | 3,250 |
| 1951 | 5 | 4,136 |
| 1956 | 5 | 4,354 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,812 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,833 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,832 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,369 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,508 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,400 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,945 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8,103 |

## People named Reinhardt

- Reinhardt Kristensen, Danish biologist
- Max Nettlau, German anarchist and historian (1865–1944)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.