Renouf
title: "Renouf" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-of-norman-origin"] topic_path: "general/surnames-of-norman-origin" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renouf" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Renouf is a family name of Norman origin. The name derives from the Norse settlement of Normandy, from the Old Norse words 'ragn' (council, advisor) and 'ulf' (wolf).
People with this name include:
- Alan Renouf (1919–2008), Australian government official
- Brent Renouf (born 1988), Australian footballer
- Edith Renouf (1864-1956), Guernsey philanthropist
- Émile Renouf (1845–1894), French painter and draughtsman
- Frank Renouf (1918–1998), New Zealand businessman
- George Renouf (1878–1961), Canadian politician
- L. P. W. Renouf (1887–1968), Irish biologist
- Michèle Renouf (born 1946), Australian-born actress, wife of Frank, and defender of Holocaust deniers' legal rights
- Nora Renouf (died 1934), British pharmaceutical chemist
- Peter le Page Renouf (1822–1897), British Egyptologist
- Steve Renouf (born 1970), Australian rugby player
- Susan Renouf (born 1940), Australian socialite and wife of Frank
- Timothy Renouf (born 1989), British actor
- W. C. Renouf (1868–1954), British Indian Civil Service
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References
- [http://www.viking.no/e/france/family-names.html The Vikings in Normandy: Norman family names of Viking origin]
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