Reno is a given name, usually but not always masculine, of
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
origin. It derives from the name
Moreno
Moreno may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Moreno (Buenos Aires Metro), a station on Line C of the Buenos Aires Metro
*Moreno, Buenos Aires, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
*Moreno Department, a depatnent of Santiago del Estero Province, A ...
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Reno given name, masculine, meaning king of light. King of wisdom and willing to guide the weak.
It may refer to:
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Reno Andreini
Reno Andreini (also spelled Remo) (c. 1875–1880 in Florence – after 1924) was an Italian operatic tenor who had an active international career from 1902 to 1924. A specialist in the Italian repertoire, he was frequently heard in the bel cant ...
(c. 1875–1880 – after 1924), Italian operatic tenor
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Reno Bertoia
Reno Peter Bertoia (January 8, 1935 – April 15, 2011) was an Italian Canadian professional baseball player.
Career
Born Pierino, Bertoia moved with his family to Canada from Italy at the age of two and a half and grew up in Windsor, Ontario. ...
(1935–2011), Canadian-American Major League Baseball player
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Reno Browne
Reno Browne was the stage name of Josephine Ruth Clarke (April 20, 1921 – May 15, 1991), an American Equestrianism, equestrian and B-movie film actress, actress during the late 1940s and into the 1950s, with most of her films being in 1949. ...
(1921–1991), American actress sometimes billed as Reno Blair
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Reno Collier, American stand-up comedian and television host
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Reno L. Harnish (born 1949), Director of the Center for Environment and National Security and former American diplomat
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Reno Mahe
Sateki Reno Mahe Jr. (born June 3, 1980) is a former American football running back who played five seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Mahe played college football for Brigham Young University (BYU), and w ...
(born 1980), American retired National Football League player
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Reno Olsen
Reno Bent Olsen (born 19 February 1947) is a retired Danish cyclist. Competing in the track team pursuit he won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known a ...
(born 1947), Danish retired cyclist, 1968 Olympic track team pursuit champion
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Reno Thomas
Reno H. Thomas (July 11, 1922 – August 17, 2009) was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsyl ...
(1922–2009), American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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Reno W. Trego (1877–1961), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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Reno Wilmots (born 1997), Belgian footballer
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Reno Wilson
Roy "Reno" Wilson (born January 20, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Howard in the sitcom ''The Cosby Show'', Officer Carl McMillan in ''Mike & Molly'' and Stan Hill in '' Good Girls'', Wes in '' The Chronicle'' (2001 ...
(born 1969), American actor, comedian and voice actor
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Reno Riggins
Neal Hargrove, better known by his ring name, Reno Riggins, (born January 13, 1967) is an American professional wrestler. Riggins has competed in Southeastern independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) during ...
, (born 1967) ring name of professional wrestler Neal Hargrove
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Reno Raines
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the c ...
, a character in the TV series ''
Renegade'' played by Lorenzo Lamas
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Reno Miller
''The Driller Killer'' is a 1979 black comedy slasher film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Ferrara (credited as Jimmy Laine), Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, and Harry Schultz. The plot concerns Reno Miller, a struggling artist in New York City, ...
, main character of the film ''
The Driller Killer
''The Driller Killer'' is a 1979 black comedy slasher film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Ferrara (credited as Jimmy Laine), Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, and Harry Schultz. The plot concerns Reno Miller, a struggling artist in New York City, ...
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Reno Sweeney
''Anything Goes'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antic ...
, the evangelist turned nightclub singer from ''
Anything Goes
''Anything Goes'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap ...
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Spanish masculine given names
Masculine given names