Type Word & Element
Meaning & History
Old Norse, Old High German and Frankish word meaning "advice, counsel, decision". In Old Norse it acquired the meaning "power of the gods".
Related Items
Given Name DescendantsErramun(Basque) Renaud, Rinaldo(Carolingian Cycle) Ramon, Raimon(Catalan) Ragna, Ragnhild, Randi(Danish) Rein, Reinier, Reinoud, Reinout, Rien, Ronald, Rembrandt(Dutch) Ramona, Raymond, Rayner, Reginald, Reynold, Ronald, Raine, Ranulph, Raymund, Raynard, Reynard, Ronnette(English) Ragnar, Raimond, Rein(Estonian) Ragnar(Faroese) Raimo, Reima, Reino(Finnish) Raymond, Raymonde, Renaud, Rainier, Renard, Reynaud(French) Rein, Reinder, Reindert(Frisian) Raimund, Rainer, Reiner, Reinhard, Reinhardt, Reinhild, Reinhilde, Reinhold, Ronald, Raimunde, Reimund(German) Raganhildis, Ragemprand, Raginald, Raginbert, Raginhard, Raginheri, Raginhild, Raginmar, Raginmund, Raginolf, Raimund, Rainard, Rainer, Rainulf, Rambert, Regin, Reinald, Reiner, Reinhard, Reinhold, Rembert(Germanic) Rajmund, Ramóna(Hungarian) Ragna, Ragnar, Ragnheiður, Ragnhildur(Icelandic) Raghnall, Réamann, Réamonn, Redmond, Redmund(Irish) Raimonda, Raimondo, Raniero, Rinaldo(Italian) Raimonds, Renārs(Latvian) Remao, Reneer(Limburgish) Raimondas(Lithuanian) Ranulf(Medieval English) Raghnailt, Ragnailt, Ragnall, Rémann(Medieval Irish) Ragna, Ragnar, Ragnhild, Ragnvald, Randi(Norwegian) Raginaharjaz, Raginahildiz, Raginawaldaz(Old Germanic) Ragna, Ragnarr, Ragnbjǫrg, Ragnfríðr, Ragnheiðr, Ragnhildr, Ragnvaldr(Old Norse) Rajmund(Polish) Raimunda, Raimundo, Reginaldo, Reinaldo, Reynaldo, Ronaldo(Portuguese) Raymundo(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Ramona(Romanian) Ranald, Ronald, Ronalda(Scottish) Raghnaid, Raghnall(Scottish Gaelic) Rajmund(Slovene) Raimunda, Raimundo, Ramón, Ramona, Reinaldo, Reynaldo, Rainerio(Spanish) Raymundo(Spanish (Latin American)) Ragna, Ragnar, Ragnhild, Ragnvald(Swedish) Rheinallt(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsReijnders, Reinders, Reynders, Rijnders(Dutch) Raine, Rayne, Rennell, Rennold, Rennoll, Reynell, Reynolds(English) Raine, Rayne, Renaud, Renault, Renard, Reynaud(French) Reijnders, Reinders, Reynders, Rijnders(Frisian) McReynolds(Irish) Raimondi, Raneri, Rinaldi(Italian) McReynolds(Scottish) Ragnvaldsson(Swedish)
Sources & References
- Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry *regin, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
