Reynolds

Where Reynolds comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Reynolds.

Reynolds through the years
  1. 1867
    Reynolds Beal born
    American artist
  2. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,031 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1901
    Peak, #858
    7 babies named Reynolds, its best rank.
  4. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1933
    Reynolds Price born
    American writer
  6. 2015
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Reynolds Price · American writer, 1933–2011
  • Reynolds Beal · American artist, 1867–1951
  • Reynolds Wolf · American weather forecaster, born 1970
  • Reynolds Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack · Nigerian technocrat, statesman, politician, born 1957
  • Reynolds Cahoon · American Mormon leader, 1790–1861

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.