Reinhold is a

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male given name. This German name is originally from "Reinold", composed of two elements. The first is from ''ragin'', meaning "the (Germanic) Gods" and ''wald'' meaning "powerful". This name was popularised by the ancient German hero figure known as Reinhold von Montalban ( The Four Sons of Aymon), Reinhold von Meilan ( The Dietrich Saga), and ultimately, as Saint Reinhold von Köln. The -h- is recorded in the Dietrich von Bern legendary figure De gude Reinholt van Meilan who was the only one spared the slaughter at Erminrich's castle due to his loyalty to Dietrich. Hence with the addition of the -h- the etymology is interpreted as the emphatic prefix ''regn-'' with ''hold'', apparently meaning "solemnly loyal".George T. Gillespie, A Catalogue Of Persons Named In German Heroic Literature (700-1600) Including Named Animals And Objects And Ethnic Names, 1973, pp 107-108 This name was brought to the British Isles by

Viking Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

conquerors, in the form of the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

Rögnvaldr. In the 11th century, the

Normans The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Fran ...

further established this name as ''Reinald'' and ''Reynaud''. There are other spelling variations of this name, but all have the same

etymological Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words and ...

Germanic origin. Cognate to English Reynold,

Ronald Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'',#H2, Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; #H1, Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English ''Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised ...

, French

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, Italian

Rinaldo Rinaldo may refer to: *Renaud de Montauban (also spelled Renaut, Renault, Italian: Rinaldo di Montalbano, Dutch: Reinout van Montalbaen, German: Reinhold von Montalban), a legendary knight in the medieval Matter of France * Rinaldo (''Jerusalem Lib ...

, Scandinavian

Ragnvald Ragnvald, Rögnvald or Rognvald or Rægnald is an Old Norse name (Old Norse ''Rǫgnvaldr'', modern Icelandic ''Rögnvaldur''; in Old English ''Regenweald'' and in Old Irish, Middle Irish ''Ragnall''). Notable people with the name include: * Ragnval ...

, and Spanish

Reynaldo Reynaldo is a Spanish given name from the German name Reinhold. Notable people with the name include: * Reynaldo Aguado Montealegre (born 1960), Nicaraguan activist * Reynaldo Aimonetti (born 1943), Argentine footballer * Reynaldo Anderson (born 19 ...

Notable people with the surname include

* Erasmus Reinhold, 16th-century German astronomer; the lunar crater Reinhold is named after him *

Hagen Reinhold Hagen Reinhold (born 23 March 1978) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2017. Political career In parliament, Reinhold has be ...

(born 1978), German politician *

Hugo Reinhold Hugo Reinhold (3 March 18544 September 1935) was an Austrian composer and pianist. He was born and died in Vienna. He was admitted to the Conservatorium der Musikfreunde, where he studied under Anton Bruckner, Felix Dessoff and Julius Epstei ...

(1854–1935), Austrian composer and pianist * Judge Reinhold (born 1957), American actor * Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757–1823), 18th-/19th-century Austrian philosopher *

Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold (born 3 November 1986) is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2021. In 2022, she joined the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pe ...

(born 1986), German politician *

Meyer Reinhold Meyer Reinhold (September 1, 1909 – July 2002) was an American classical scholar and also a specialist in Jewish studies. He was co-author or editor of 23 books. With his wife Diane he had two children, Helen Reinhold Barrett, later Dean of the ...

(1909–2002), American classical scholar * Johann Heinrich Carl Reinhold (1788–1825), German painter and engraver *

Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold (born 23 November 1930) is a Dutch arachnologist. She specializes in spiders from Southeast Asia and Southern Europe, particularly cave-dwelling and tropical spiders. She donated a collection of about 25,000 Sou ...

(born 1930), Dutch arachnologist

People with the given name include

Reinhold Glière Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (born Reinhold Ernest Glier, which was later converted for standardization purposes; russian: Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр; 23 June 1956), was a Russian Imperial and Soviet composer of German and P ...

(1875–1956), Russian and Soviet composer * Reinhold Hanning (1921 – 2017) – Germany (Poland) – Auschwitz death camp SS guard *

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald ( – ) was an Estonian writer who is considered to be the father of the national literature for the country. He is the author of Estonian national epic ''Kalevipoeg''. Life Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's pare ...

(1803–1882), Estonian writer * Reinhold Messner (born 1944), Italian mountaineer *

Reinhold Mitterlehner Reinhold Mitterlehner (born 10 December 1955) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who served as minister of economy in Austria's government from 2008 until 2017. In September 2014 he also became vice chancellor of Au ...

(born 1955), Austrian politician * Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971), American theologian, public intellectual, and commentator * Reinhold Richard "Reince" Priebus (born 1972), American lawyer, former White House Chief of Staff for U.S. President Donald J. Trump *

Reinhold Remmert Reinhold Remmert (22 June 1930 – 9 March 2016) was a German mathematician. Born in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, he studied mathematics, mathematical logic and physics in Münster. He established and developed the theory of complex-analytic spaces ...

(1930–2016), German mathematician *

Reinhold Saulmann Reinhold Saulmann (17 May 1895 – 6 June 1936) was an Estonian track and field sprinter. Saulmann was a five-time Estonian champion in track and field events including the sprints and the 400 metres hurdles. He also held the Estonian records i ...

(1895–1936), Estonian Olympic sprinter * Reinhold Thiessenhusen (1864–1930), American politician * Reinhold Tiling (1893–1933), German engineer, pilot and rocket pioneer *

Reinhold Würth Reinhold Würth (born 20 April 1935) is a German billionaire businessman and art collector. In 1954, at the age of 19, he took over his father's tiny wholesale screw business and built it into the Würth Group, which posted €14.4 billion (US$ ...

(born 1935), German businessman *

Reinhold Weege Reinhold Weege (December 23, 1949 – December 1, 2012) was an United States, American television writer, producer and director. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Weege wrote for several television series, including ''Barney Miller'' and ''M*A* ...

(1949–2012), American television writer, producer and director

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