About the Reindel Surname

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Family name meaning

Reindel is a spelling of the German surname Rein. Its meaning, shared with Rein, is “A descendant of Ragino, a pet form of names with Ragin, counsel”.

Reindel carries the diminutive ending -el, so it began as a ‘little’ or affectionate form of Rein. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. 430 Americans were listed as Reindel in the 2010 census. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames.

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