Renaud
Renaud is a male French given name, related to the English name Reynold or Ronald.
- French
- Carolingian Cycle
Meaning & Origin of Renaud
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Renaud is a male French given name, related to the English name Reynold or Ronald.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
- Carolingian Cycle
The Story of Renaud
American parents first put Renaud on the record books as a baby boy name in 1921, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1987, when 10 Renauds were born — ranking #4,239 that year. About 36% of every Renaud on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Renaud last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 61 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Renaud
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About the name Renaud
Renaud is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 61 births in the dataset. Renaud's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #4,239. Use the chart and map above to compare Renaud'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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