Reynold
/ˈreɪ.nəld/noun
A masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin.
Did you know?Reynold comes from a Germanic name type meaning “counsel power,” the same noble root family that later gave English names like Ronald and Reginald.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*raginą + *waldaną
““counsel” + “to rule, govern””
Early Germanic
Germanic
*Raginwaldaz
“A personal name meaning roughly “counsel-ruler” or “rule by counsel””
Old High German
OHG
Raginwald
“A Germanic given name with the sense of wise or advising rule”
Old French / Norman
OF
Reinald / Reinold
“A Norman-French form of the Germanic personal name”
Middle English
ME
Reynold
“An English form of the personal name”
Modern English
EN
Reynold
“A given name and surname”