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What does Renaud mean?
Renaud 
as a name for boys is a Latin name, and the name Renaud means "ruler's advisor; strong decision; fox". Renaud is an alternate spelling of Reginald (Latin): from Reginaldus. Renaud is also a variation of Reynard (Old German, Old French): the French word for fox.
STARTS WITH Re-
ASSOCIATED WITH ruler (king), advisor (counsel), strong, fox (wolf)
Variations
VARIANTS Rene▼, Renault, Rainault
OTHER FORMS VIA REGINALD, REYNARD Raynald, Raynard, Reginauld, Regnauld, Regnault, Reinald, Reinaldo, Reinhard, Reinold, Reinwald, Renard, Renardo, Renato, Renauld, Rennard, Reynaldo, Reynardo, Reynold, Rinaldo, Ronald▼
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Renaud Sylas (R.S.), ..
How popular is Renaud?
Renaud is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent last name for all people (#5440 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Ronald (#493 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Reginald (#831), Rene (#929), Reynaldo (#1333), Raynard, Reinaldo, Reinhard, Renard, Renato, Reynold and Rinaldo are the popular alternative forms of Renaud (NOT RANKED). Other variants, like Rennard, are seldom used. Adoption of these forms of Renaud was common among parents 78 years ago (USAGE OF 1.98%) and is now much diminished (USAGE 0.07%, ▼97%), with forms such as Reginald becoming somewhat outmoded. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Renaud is pronounced similarly to Rennie, Renny and Reno. Other recommended sound-alike names are Arnaud, Arnoud, Claud▼, Evraud (see Everard), Geraud (see Gerald), Giraud, Knud, Laud, Lenard▼, Mehmud, Menard, Rad, Radd, Ranald, Rand, Raul, Read, Reade, Reave, Redd, Redfurd (see Redford), Redmund (see Redmond), Reed▲, Regan, Reid▲, Reinart, Remus, Ren, Renado, Renaldo, Renat, Renatus, Rendall, Renfred, Renier, Renke, Renne, Renton, Renzo, Reyd, Reynald, Ricard, Rikard, Rinus, Riyad, Roald, Roeland, Roland▼, Ronal, Ronaldo▼, Ronan▲, Roneld, Ryeland and Ryland▲. These names tend to be more frequently used than Renaud.
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