Renaud
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Germanic: 'counsel' + 'rule'; saint/name-day often 14 Sept
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʁəno/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Renaud is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 99th most common surname.
- FRFrance≈1 in 2.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 5.9K
- USUnited States1 in 55K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 357 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈25,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Germanic: 'counsel' + 'rule'; saint/name-day often 14 Sept. French form of Reginald.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Renaud counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #99 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | 24K | Renaud | 357 |
| CA Canada | #851 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | 42 | Renaud | 193 |
| US United States | — | 6,094 | 1 in 55K | 6.1K | Renaud | 300 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Renaud | 66 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 83K | listed | Renaud | 18 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 739 | 1 in 11K | 739 | Renaud | 57 |
| GD Grenada | — | 39 | 1 in 2.9K | 39 | — | — |
| GF French Guiana | — | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 9.8K | 5 | — | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the ca-statcan-baby-names register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Renaud is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Medieval French variant of Réginald; Germanic 'counsel of the ruler'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Germanic origin; from ragin 'counsel' + wald 'rule'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, a male given name, equivalent to English Reynold
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, du nom germanique Raginwald, de ragin « conseil » et wald « pouvoir, autorité »
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, Du germanique *ragin* « conseil » + *wald* « gouverner »; saint Renaud.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Armand Renaudb. 1836FRFrench poet (1836–1895)
- Georges Renaudb. 1893FRFrench chess player
- Madeleine Renaudb. 1900FRFrench actress
- Henri Renaudb. 1925FRFrench musician (1925–2002)
- Jeanne Renaudb. 1928CACanadian choreographer (1928–2022)
- Claude Pujade-Renaudb. 1932FRFrench writer and choreographer (1932–2024)
- Gilles Renaudb. 1944CACanadian actor
- Chris Renaudb. 1966USAmerican illustrator and filmmaker
- Francis Renaudb. 1967FRFrench actor, film director and screenwriter
- Brent Renaudb. 1971USAmerican documentary filmmaker and journalist (1971–2022)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 64 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2023 | 24K | #2,962 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 476 | #21,290 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 42 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 6 | — |
| GF French Guiana | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana) | 1993 | 5 | #153 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2 | #21,290 |
| GD Grenada | Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025 | 2025 | 2 | #148 |
| FR France | Dictionnaire Généalogique des Prénoms (Athias, 2007) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Renaud come from?
- Germanic: 'counsel' + 'rule'; saint/name-day often 14 Sept. French form of Reginald. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- How do you pronounce Renaud?
- A machine transcription gives /ʁəno/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Renaud mean?
- Recorded meaning: Germanic: 'counsel' + 'rule'; saint/name-day often 14 Sept.
- What are other forms of the name Renaud?
- In the etymology graph, Reynaud and Reino are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Renaud have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Renaud in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled renaud.
- How common is the name Renaud?
- In the United States, the national register counted 6,094 people named Renaud in 2010, about 1 in 55 thousand residents.
- How common is Renaud compared with other names?
- In France, Renaud is the 99th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Renaud?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/renaudThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Renaud” — the 99th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.