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Renardo

Gender
Boy
Say it
ruh-NAR-doh
Origin
Germanic

Renardo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel + brave”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Renardo mean?

Germanic: Spanish-style form of Renard, from Germanic Raginhard 'counsel' + 'brave'

“counsel + brave”

In French, renard became the ordinary word for fox through the medieval tales of Reynard the Fox.

Is Renardo a girl's or a boy's name?

Renardo is a boys' name.

How popular is Renardo in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1951.

Half of all the boys named Renardo in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

1951Busiest: 39 in 19832018
Renardo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20185#12,150
20177#9,691
20160–
20157#9,562
20140–
20138#8,784
20128#8,858
20116#10,801
20107#9,686
20096#10,989
20088#9,013
20079#8,169
20067#9,579
20058#8,292
20045#11,348
20030–
20027#8,449
20017#8,332
20008#7,409
19997#7,867
199812#5,153
19970–
19969#5,975
199510#5,495
199417#3,745
199316#3,812
199211#4,864
199111#4,752
199016#3,601
198915#3,612
198812#3,910
198723#2,396
198620#2,598
198519#2,596
198425#2,097
198339#1,533
198232#1,773
198120#2,417
198023#2,213
197916#2,776
197814#2,928
197711#3,384
197623#2,053
197521#2,133
197419#2,197
197323#1,870
197224#1,819
197118#2,202
197010#3,069
196911#2,681
196812#2,444
196712#2,351
19666#3,535
196512#2,364
196410#2,664
196313#2,299
19629#2,846
196112#2,408
19609#2,869
19598#3,036
195814#2,176
19575#3,991
19566#3,533
19557#3,199
19540–
19530–
19520–
19515#3,712

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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, “Renardo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/renardo, updated 20 October 2026.