Reno

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Rino in IT Italy, ID Indonesia, PH Philippines and 19 more and Რენო in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Reno is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Italian surname31K records spelled Reno24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina

  Languages: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Renó, Renò, Reño, Reno', Réno

• Indonesian given name13K records spelled Reno8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Reno, Reño, Re'No, Rëno, Rëñö

• a separate name2.6K records spelled Reno6 spellings in the group

  Also written Renò, Renó, Réno, Reño, Reńo

• a separate name1.1K records spelled Reno6 spellings in the group

  Also written Renò

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Reno is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Clipping of renovation.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, An alteration of Renaud.

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

• In Italian, redução popular de nomes e sobrenomes terminados em -eno

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In English, river, Italy

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Italian city name used as given name

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 123 years between 1886–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jesse L. Renob. 1823USUnited States Army general (1823–1862)
• Marcus Renob. 1834USUnion Army general (1834–1889)
• Reno Bertoiab. 1935ITItalian-born baseball infielder (1935-2011)
• Janet Renob. 1938USformer Attorney General of the United States (1938-2016)
• Jean Renob. 1948FRSpanish-French actor
• Mike Renob. 1955CACanadian singer
• Tony Renob. 1963SESwedish drummer
• Reno Wilsonb. 1969USAmerican actor
• Reno Aihirab. 1989JPJapanese pornographic actress
• Reno Wilmotsb. 1997BEBelgian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 330 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Reno?

We estimate roughly 4.5 thousand people bear Reno (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Reno have the most bearers?

Reno is most frequently recorded in Italy, where it is most often spelled rino.

How common is Reno compared with other names?

In Italy, Reno is the 691st most common given name of 102,519 given names recorded there.

What does the name Reno mean?

Recorded meaning: Spanish surname meaning ‘deer’, like French Cerf.