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Reinhard

Meaning — A Germanic masculine name composed of "ragin" meaning "counsel", "judgment", or "power" and "hard" meaning "brave", "hardy", or "strong" — thus "strong in counsel" or "brave advisor". The name was borne by several medieval German ecclesiastics and nobles. Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942), the architect of the Holocaust, gave the name a deeply sinister modern resonance; in fiction the name spans medieval heroism and 20th-century villainy.·Old High German origin·Male·RINE-hart

Reinhard Reinhard is a name that has been permanently marked by the 20th century — its combination of intellectual counsel and hard courage, which in medieval usage suggested a wise and bold nobleman, now carries the shadow of its most notorious bearer. In contemporary fiction, Reinhard works best either in pre-modern historical settings where that darkness is not yet present, or in modern/wartime fiction where the character's name signals a particular moral weight.

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Historical FictionLiterary FictionThrillerPeriod Drama

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ReinhardReinhardtReinholdRainer

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Reinhard von HeydrichReinhard SchreiberReinhard BrauerReinhard FaberReinhard HolzReinhard Braun

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