Rennert Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Before spelling settled in the modern era, so Renner could easily become Rennert. The family name meaning is “runner, messenger”, the same as for Renner.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Renner and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Renner was also written Rennert. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Rehner.

Rennert ranked 33,856 in the 2010 US Census, with 672 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. Get the complete Rennert report, with a museum-style coat of arms.