# Renaud (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/renaud/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 61 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 61 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Renaud.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 5 | 4,845 |
| 1957 | 6 | 3,893 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,453 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,801 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5,352 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,358 |
| 1987 | 10 | 4,512 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,753 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,270 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,897 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Рено́
- French: Renaud
- Portuguese: Renaud
- Spanish: Renaud

## People named Renaud

- Renaud Lavillenie, French pole vaulter
- Renaud, French singer, songwriter and actor
- Renaud Cohade, footballer
- Renaud Capuçon, French violinist
- Renaud de Vichiers, Christian crusader
- Renaud III, Count of Burgundy, Count of Burgundy from 1127 to 1148
- Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, French count
- Renaud Jay, cross-country skier
- Renaud de Courtenay, British noble
- Renaud Emond, footballer
- Renaud Garcia-Fons, French upright-bassist and composer
- Renaud II of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, French aristocrat (1070-1152)

## 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.