Reynold is an English masculine given name come from an

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personal name made up of the element "ragin" (''advice, decision'') and "wald" (''power, authority, brightness''). It is a

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of ''

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'', which is also a source of the name

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. The

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brought the name to England. Related names include: "Reginald" (English), "Reginaldo" ( Italian), "Rinaldo" (Italian), "Reinaldo" ( Portuguese, Spanish), "Reinhold" (

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), "Reino" ( Finnish), "Reynol" (German, Spanish), " Reinout" ( Dutch), "Renaud" (

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), "Reynaldo" (Spanish), and "Reynaud" (French). Reynold is a much less common surname than its derivative Reynolds; people with the surname "Reynold" include:

Surname

* Hannah Reynold, Swedish singer with Lucky Twice

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