Reinhold is a German, Scandinavian surname and male given name. This Germanic name is composed of two elements: the first is from ragin, meaning "counsel", "power" and wald meaning "ruler". The second element having been reinterpreted as hold meaning "dear", "beloved" in the 16th century.
This name was brought to the British Isles by Viking conquerors, in the form of the Old Norse Rögnvaldr. In the 11th century, the Normans further established this name as Reinald and Reynaud. There are other spelling variations of this surname, but all have the same etymological Germanic origin.
Notable people with the surname include:
Erasmus Reinhold, 16th-century German astronomer; the lunar crater Reinhold is named after himHugo Reinhold (1854–1935), Austrian composer and pianistJudge Reinhold (born 1957), American actorKarl Leonhard Reinhold (1757–1823), 18th/19th-century Austrian philosopherMeyer Reinhold (1909–2002), American classical scholarJohann Heinrich Carl Reinhold (1788–1825), German painter and engraverPeople with the given name include:
Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), Russian and Soviet composerFriedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803–1882), Estonian writerReinhold Messner (born 1944), Italian mountaineerReinhold Mitterlehner (born 1955), Austrian politicianReinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971), American theologian, public intellectual, and commentatorReinhold Remmert (1930–2016), German mathematicianReinhold Saulmann (1895–1936), Estonian Olympic sprinterReinhold Thiessenhusen (1864–1930), American politicianReinhold Tiling (1893–1933), German engineer, pilot and rocket pioneerReinhold Würth (born 1935), German businessmanReinhold Weege (1949–2012), American television writer, producer and director