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Reinhild - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Reinhild

[ syll. rei-(n)hil(d), re-inhi-ld ] The girl name Reinhild is pronounced as R-AYNHHIHLD KEY. Reinhild is mainly used in the German language and its language of origin is Germanic. Two-element name derived from the words 'ragin' + 'hild' which mean counsel, advice + battle, fight respectively. An older form of Reinhild is Raginhilt (Germanic). The Scandinavian name Ragnhild and the German name Reinhilde are forms of the name. See also the related form, the Slavic, Czech, English, German, Polish, and Russian Raina.

Reinhild is an unusual baby girl name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly linked to Reinhild, the Slavic, Czech, English, German, Polish, and Russian Raina was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Reinhild include the German Reinhilde, the German and Scandinavian Runhild, and the English Ronalda.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Reinhild: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


 
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