Reinold
Reinold was a Benedictine monk who lived in the 10th century. Supposedly a direct descendant of Charlemagne, and the fourth son mentioned in the romantic poem Duke Aymon, by William Caxton. The poem is Caxton's translation of the long French Chanson de Geste, Les Quatre Fils Aymon, where Renaud de Montauban dies in an almost identical manner.
Meaning & Origin of Reinold
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Reinold was a Benedictine monk who lived in the 10th century. Supposedly a direct descendant of Charlemagne, and the fourth son mentioned in the romantic poem Duke Aymon, by William Caxton. The poem is Caxton's translation of the long French Chanson de Geste, Les Quatre Fils Aymon, where Renaud de Montauban dies in an almost identical manner.
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The Story of Reinold
American parents first put Reinold on the record books as a baby boy name in 1918, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 10 Reinolds were born — ranking #2,822 that year. About 65% of every Reinold on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Reinold last appeared in the published SSA data in 1938, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Reinold
Reinold is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 55 births in the dataset. Reinold's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #2,822. Use the chart and map above to compare Reinold's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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