Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language.
Etymology and history
The name is derived from the Latin Reginaldus, which has been influenced by the Latin word regina, meaning "queen". This Latin name is a Latinisation of a Germanic language name. This Germanic name is composed of two elements: the first ragin, meaning "advice", "counsel", "decision"; the second element is wald, meaning "rule", "ruler". The Old German form of the name is Raginald; Old French forms are Reinald and Reynaud.
Forms of this Germanic name were first brought to the British Isles by Scandinavians, in the form of the Old Norse Rögnvaldr. This name was later reinforced by the arrival of the Normans in the 11th century, in the Norman forms Reinald and Reynaud.
The Latin Reginaldus was used as a Latin form of cognate names, such as the Old Norse Rögnvaldr, and the Gaelic Ragnall and Raghnall.
Another French form, Renouard, was introduced by the Visigoths. By the 18th and 19th centuries, the alternate spelling Renoir also came into use.
Afrikaans: Ryno
Ancient Germanic: Raginald, Reinald, Reinhold
Ancient Scandinavian: Ragnvaldr
Arabic: ريجنالد (Ryǧināld)
Belarusian: Рэджынальд (Redžynaĺd)
Bulgarian: Реджиналд (Redzhinald)
Catalan: Renald
Chinese: 雷金纳德 (Léijīnnàdé) (雷金納德)
Danish: Ragnvald
Dutch: Reinoud, Reinout
Finnish: Reino
Filipino: Regino
French: Renaud, Renoir, Renouard, Reynaud
German: Reinhold
Gujarati: રેજિનાલ્ડ (Rējinālḍa)
Hebrew: רג'ינלד (Rejinald)
Hindi: रेगीनाल्ड (Rēgīnālḍa)
Irish: Raghnall
Italian: Rinaldo
Japanese: レジナルド (Rejinarudo)
Kannada: ರೆಜಿನಾಲ್ಡ್ (Rejinālḍ)
Korean: 레지날드 (Rejinaldeu)
Latin: Reginaldus
Macedonian: Реџиналд (Redžinald)
Middle Irish: Ragnall
Mongolian: Режиналд (Ryejinald)
Norwegian: Ragnvald
Old French: Reinald, Reynaud
Old German: Raginald
Old Irish: Ragnall
Old Norse: Rögnvaldr
Persian: رجینالد
Polish: Reginald
Portuguese: Reinaldo, Reynaldo, Ronaldo
Punjabi: ਰੇਜਿਨਾਲਡ (Rējinālaḍa)
Russian: Реджинальд (Redzhinal'd)
Scottish Gaelic: Raghnall
Serbian: Региналд (Reginald)
Spanish: Reinaldo, Reynaldo
Swedish: Ragnvald
Tamil: ரெஜினால்டு (Rejiṉālṭu)
Telugu: రెజినాల్డ్ (Rejinālḍ)
Thai: เรจินัล (Recinạl)
Ukrainian: Реджинальд (Redzhynalʹd)
Welsh: Rheinallt
Yiddish: רעגינאַלד (Reginald)
Use and popularity
Today Reginald is regarded as a very formal name, and bearers generally shorten their name to Reg in ordinary usage. Reggie is a pet form of Reg.
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson Former Baseball player
Reginald Arvizu of Korn, nicknamed "Fieldy"
Reginald Bonham, an English blind chess player
Reginald Bosanquet (1932–1984), British television newsreader best known for presenting News At Ten
Reginald of Canterbury, medieval French writer around 1200
Raynald of Châtillon, also known as Reginald of Châtillon, a knight in the Second Crusade and Prince of Antioch
Reginald Denny (actor), English stage, film, and television actor
Reginald Oliver Denny, the truck driver nearly beaten to death during the Los Angeles riots in 1992
James Dewees, musician nicknamed "Reggie"
Reginald Kenneth Dwight, best known as Elton John
Reginald Earnshaw (1927–1941), believed to be the youngest person in the British services to have died in World War II
Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932), inventor who performed pioneering experiments in radio
Reg Fleming (1936–2009), professional hockey player in the National Hockey League with six NHL teams
Reginald D. Hunter, American comedian, living and working in Britain
Reginald Kray (1933–2000), one of the Kray twins, English criminals
Reg Keys, British anti-war campaigner and parliamentary candidate
Reginald Noble, best known as Redman
Reginald Owen (1887-1972), British character actor known for many roles in British and American films and later in television.
Reginald Pole (1500-1558), English Archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal
Reginald Punnett, British geneticist
Reg Saunders (1920–1990), Australian army officer
Reginald Varney (1916–2008), best known as Reg Varney
Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
Reginald I, Count of Bar, Count of Bar (1105–1149)
Reginald I, Count of Burgundy (986–1057), second Count of the Free County of Burgundy
Reginald of Burgundy (died 1321), count of Montbéliard from 1282 to 1321
Reginald of Sweden (disambiguation), multiple people
Reginald, Bishop of the Isles, (died 1226), Bishop of the Isles
Sir Reginald "Rex" Harrison, English actor
Andy "Reginald" Dinh, Entrepreneur and former League of Legends pro.
Reginald, fictional character in Saki's short stories
Reginald, nemesis and cousin of Richie Rich in the movie and comic books
Reginald Barclay, recurring character in the Star Trek fictional universe
Bushroot, Reginald Bushroot, supervillain in the Disney television series Darkwing Duck
Reginald Deadman, police constable in the British television sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart
Reggie Mantle, the fictional character in Archie Comics
Reginald Perrin, the main character of a series of novels by David Nobbs, and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the popular BBC-commissioned 1970s comedy based upon it
Reginald Jeeves, known mostly by his last name only, the personal servant to Bertie Wooster in a series of short stories and novels by P. G. Wodehouse
Reginald Fox, cartoon character (a fox) created by Tex Avery (MGM) in 1949, stars with Droopy in Outfoxed, MGM cartoons, 1949
Reginald "Reg" Hollis, a long-standing fictional police constable in the British television series The Bill
Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins, fiction character in the American television series The Wire
Reginald, a fictional koala bear in American Dad!, voiced by Erik Durbin
Harvey Reginald Specter, named partner at Pearson Specter from Suits (TV Series)
Reggie Wylie, Gerty MacDowell's sweetheart in short trousers in James Joyce's Ulysses
Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, the protagonist in a series of mysteries by Ruth Rendell
General Reginald Peter Skarr, character in Evil Con Carne and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
