# Reynold (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reynold/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɛnəld/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Reginald |
| US babies named this | 4,672 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,672 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Reinald, from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz brought to England by Normans and partly merged with the earlier equivalent Ronald, from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr. Doublet of Renault.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 7,394 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,571 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,936 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,640 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,395 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,492 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,685 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8,037 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,527 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,951 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8,037 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,013 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,568 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,044 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,447 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Reginald, Reinald
- Finnish: Reino
- French: Renaud
- Georgian: რეინოლდი
- German: Reinhold
- Hungarian: Rajnald
- Icelandic: Rögnvaldur
- Irish: Raghnall
- Italian: Rinaldo
- Latvian: Reinholds
- Portuguese: Reinaldo, Ronaldo
- Scottish Gaelic: Raghnall
- Spanish: Reynaldo, Reinaldo, Ronaldo
- Swedish: Ragnvald, Reinhold
- Tagalog: Reynaldo

## People named Reynold

- Reynold A. Nicholson, British orientalist (1868–1945)
- Reynold B. Johnson, American inventor and computer pioneer (1906–1998)

## 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.