Origin of name Reno?

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Origin of name Reno?

Answer 1

www.ancestry.com

Reno Name Meaning and History:

Altered spelling of French Renaud, Renault, or Renouf

Renaud --French: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements "ragin" ‘"counsel"’ . + "wald" ‘"rule"’ (equivalent to English Reynold). RENAULT a variation of this spelling.

Renouf --English (Channel Islands) and Norman French: from a Norman personal name, Reginwulf, composed of the Germanic elements "ragin" ‘"counsel"’ + "wulf" ‘"wolf".’.

www.familysearch.org has these varied spellings: RENEAU ;

RENEW ; RENOIS ; RENOU; RANO ; RENOE ; RONNOW ;

RAINEY; RANEY; RENIE ; REYNA; RENU; RENAUX ; RENOSSE; RENNO; RENOW; RANA; RINO ; RENOUX; RENNEW ; RE'NAUT ; REGNAULT ; RYNO; DE LOS RENO ; REINA; and RIENDEAU.

     There are listings in Mexico, USA (various states--a LOT in Alabama & Tenn.), France, Sweden, Australia, Italy, Spain,

South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, & Argentina), Norway, Germany ,  Denmark, Panama, Caribbean Islands,

England, Philippines, Ireland, Greece, and  Denmark.

     Early listings include: Louis De REYNAUD (b. Abt 1598, France); ELLIN RENNEW (b. 06 FEB 1565; Impington, Cambridge, England ) and ELIZABETH RENNOW (b. 21 FEB 1593 in  Impington, Cambridge, England).

Some unusual first names included   Azaline ,  Roze (I assume like the flower??),  Ahimaaz, & Rasmus, among others.

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Answer 2

Reno Name Meaning and History

Altered spelling of French Renaud, Renault, or Renouf.

Renouf Name Meaning and History

English (Channel Islands) and Norman French: from a Norman personal name, Reginwulf, composed of the Germanic elements ragin ‘counsel’ + wulf ‘wolf’.

Top Places of Origin for Reno

Place of

Origin Reno Immigrants

France 8

Italy 3

England 2

Germany 2

Ireland 1

Hungary 1

Distribution of Reno Families in the US in 1840

11-20 Families were in Pennsylvania

Answer 3

One suggested "source" of the name is :-

  " is of Spanish origin. The name comes from a city in Nevada which was named after a Confederate General called Jesse Lee Reno. The meaning of Reno is Gambler". ????

http://www.blurtit.com/q621578.html

Born on April 20, 1823 in Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia), Jesse Lee Reno was the third oldest of eight children born to Lewis and Rebecca Reno. The spelling of “Reno’ is an anglisized version of the French surname “Reynaud”. Jesse’s ancesters, having arrived in America in 1770, shortly changed the name to the phonetically simple ‘Reno”.

http://www.paulmartinart.com/GenJesseRen...

...Reno. His ancestors, who came from France in 1770, changed the spelling of their surname 'Renault' to the simpler 'Reno' when they arrived in America...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_L._Re...

Reno: The famed Nevada gambling town is named for Jesse Lee Reno, a Confederate general.

http://life.familyeducation.com/baby/bab...

Jean 'Reno', surname is pronounced "Ruh-no"; original name, Don Juan Moreno y Jederique Jiminez;

http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/Jea...

The man who was named Gaetano Iannone in his native Italy was by then known to acquaintances as “Joe Reno.” Asked why he used the surname Reno rather than the original Iannone, Joe’s explanation was that when he worked for the railroad the paymaster could not correctly spell or pronounce “Iannone.” The paymaster chose to use Reno instead, and the name stuck.

http://www.alaskahistory.org/anchorage19...

In the Spanish language : 'reno' = 'reindeer' !

I do not believe there are many reindeer in America, or Spain !

It seems that the name Reno is probably of American origin, being the anglisized name of various  migrants of European origin.