Renard

reh-NARD'reh-NARD'2 syllables
🇫🇷French
Clever

MEANING

Fox

ORIGIN

French

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from the Old High German name 'Reginhard', composed of the elements 'ragin' meaning 'counsel' and 'hard' meaning 'brave, hardy'.

CULTURAL NOTES

The name Renard became synonymous with 'fox' due to the popularity of 'Le Roman de Renart', a medieval collection of satirical stories about a trickster fox named Renart.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Renard was used as a personal name in medieval France and became associated with cunning and cleverness through literature.

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Renard - Meaning, Origin, Popularity & Variations