MEANING & HISTORY
What does Reynaldo mean?
Reynaldo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Reynold. Behind these forms stands Germanic Raginald, combining an element for counsel, advice, or decision with one for power and authority.
The modern spelling can resemble Spanish rey, king, but that resemblance does not explain the full compound. Its historical formation concerns counsel and rule, preserved through several stages of borrowing and adaptation.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /reiˈnaldo/
- [rei̯ˈnal̪.d̪o]
Rey · nal · do3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name, equivalent to English Reynold
Wiktionary: Reynaldo (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Reynaldo
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Reynaldo Aguinaldo
mayor (1948–2019)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Reynaldo Evangelista
5th Bishop of Imus
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
104
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
10
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Reynaldo Evangelista, Reynaldo Aguinaldo
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Reynaldo in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Reynaldo
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Reynald·Reinald variant in the counsel-and-rule family
- Reynardo·Documented Reynard variant; counsel and firmness
- Reginaldo·Portuguese Reginald form; counsel and power
- Reynard·Counsel and brave in a Germanic name
- Reynato♂Born again; variant of Renato
- Reynold·Counsel and rule or authority
- Ronaldo♂Portuguese form of Ronald; counsel and rule
- Arnaldo♂Eagle power
What rhymes with Reynaldo?
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Explore Reynaldo further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q21285963 — Reynaldo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Reynaldo Evangelista (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21285963 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Reynaldo Aguinaldo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21285963 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Reynaldo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Reynaldo (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Reynold (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.