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First name origins & meanings:

  1. French: Wise; bold; courageous
  2. Teutonic: Counsel hard

First name variations: Raynard, Reinhard, Raynor, Reinhart, Rinehart, Renaud, Reynaud, Reynart, Reyner, Rey, Raynard

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. French: variant of Reynard.
  2. The name Renard is recorded in Quebec City in 1677, with the secondary surnames <xref>Deslauriers</xref>, <xref>Cardon</xref> or Cadron dit Saint Pierre.