The first name Rénald

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About the first name Rénald

Meaning

The name Rénald is a form related to Renaud and shares its traditional meaning: “counsel” combined with “rule” or “power”.

Historical origin

Rénald belongs to the same name family as Renaud. The name Renaud comes from Germanic Raginwald, formed from ragin “counsel” and wald “to rule”.

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In archival records, Rénald may coexist with Renaud or other spellings from the same name family, so variants are worth considering in genealogical research.

Pronunciation:ré-naldʁen.ald

Frequency of the first name Rénald by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Rénald by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name RénaldLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Rénald in baptisms by year.5037251201920193419481962197619901920–1924 2 baptisms1925–1929 2 baptisms1930–1934 22 baptisms1935–1939 6 baptisms1940–1944 12 baptisms1945–1949 8 baptisms1950–1954 10 baptisms1955–1959 6 baptisms1960–1964 2 baptisms1990–1994 4 baptisms

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