At a Glance
- Meaning
- Originally a Germanic personal name meaning roughly 'brave counsel' (from ragin 'counsel' + hard 'brave/hardy'); the French word for 'fox' later derived from this name
- Origin
- French, from Germanic
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- reh-NAHR
Renard is a French, from Germanic boy's name meaning “originally a Germanic personal name meaning roughly 'brave counsel' (from ragin 'counsel' + hard 'brave/hardy'); the French word for 'fox' later derived from this name”. It appears in our list of 200+ Unique Last Names As First Names.
Meaning & Origin of Renard
Meaning: Originally a Germanic personal name meaning roughly 'brave counsel' (from ragin 'counsel' + hard 'brave/hardy'); the French word for 'fox' later derived from this name.
Origin: French, from Germanic.
A common claim: means 'fox' Actually: Renard is popularly taken to simply mean 'fox,' but the direction is reversed historically: the personal name (Germanic 'brave counsel') came first, and the French common noun for fox derives from it via the Reynard the Fox tales.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Renard
reh-NAHRIPA /rəˈnɑːr/
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