Renard
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- reh-NARD
- Origin
- Germanic
Renard is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave counsel”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Renard mean?
Germanic: French form of Reynard
“brave counsel”
The French word for fox, renard, comes from Reynard, the fox hero of medieval fables.
Is Renard a girl's or a boy's name?
Renard is a boys' name.
How popular is Renard in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Renard in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Renard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,225 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 42 | #1,861 |
| 1990 | 54 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 50 | #1,370 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,274 |
| 1982 | 40 | #1,538 |
| 1981 | 42 | #1,478 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1979 | 48 | #1,340 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,407 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,322 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,201 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,163 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,109 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,023 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,186 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1966 | 56 | #968 |
| 1965 | 60 | #948 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,035 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,137 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,027 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,067 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,228 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1958 | 59 | #993 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,049 |
| 1956 | 59 | #968 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,090 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
Names like Renard
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Richard, Jeffrey, Ricky, Robin, Derek, David, Michael, Randy, Raul, Ricardo, Daniel, Patrick
Names related to Renard
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Renard: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/renard, updated 20 October 2026.