Reginald

Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language.

For other uses, see Reginald (disambiguation).
Reginald
GenderMasculine
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)Latin
Word/nameReginaldus
Other names
Short form(s)Reg
Pet form(s)Reggie
See alsoRagnall, Reinhold, Ronald, Rex

Etymology and history

The meaning of Reginald is “King".[1] 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",[2] "decision";[3] the second element is wald, meaning "rule",[2] "ruler".[3] The Old German form of the name is Raginald; Old French forms are Reinald and Reynaud.[4]

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.[2]

The Latin Reginaldus was used as a Latin form of cognate names, such as the Old Norse Rögnvaldr, and the Gaelic Ragnall and Raghnall.[5]

Another French form, Renouard, was introduced by the Visigoths.[6] By the 18th and 19th centuries, the alternate spelling Renoir also came into use.

Translations
  • 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: Réginald, Renaud, Renoir, Renouard, Reynaud
  • German: Reinhold
  • Gujarati: રેજિનાલ્ડ (Rējinālḍa)
  • Hebrew: רג'ינלד (Rejinald)
  • Hindi: रेगीनाल्ड (Rēgīnālḍa)
  • Icelandic: Rögnvaldur
  • 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: Reginaldo, Reinaldo, Reynaldo, Ronaldo
  • Punjabi: ਰੇਜਿਨਾਲਡ (Rējinālaḍa)
  • Russian: Рогволод (Rogvolod)
  • 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.[3]

People named Reginald

Middle Ages
Ordered chronologically

Modern world
  • Reginald Arvizu (born 1969), American rock musician
  • Reginald Askew (1928–2012), British Anglican priest and academic
  • Reginald Bonham, English blind chess player
  • Reginald Bosanquet (1932–1984), British television newsreader best known for presenting News At Ten
  • 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
  • Reginald Kenneth Dwight (born 1947), best known as Elton John
  • Reginald Earnshaw (1927–1941), believed to be the youngest person in the British services to have died in the Second World War
  • Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932), inventor who conducted pioneering experiments in radio
  • Reggie Fils-Aimé (born 1961), American businessman and former president/COO of Nintendo of America
  • Reg Fleming (1936–2009), National Hockey League player
  • Rex Harrison (1908–1990), English actor
  • Reginald D. Hunter, American comedian, living and working in Britain
  • Reggie Jackson (born 1946), former Major League Baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Reginald Kray (1933–2000), one of the Kray twins, English criminals
  • Reg Keys, British anti-war campaigner and parliamentary candidate
  • Reginald Lee (1870-1913), lookout stationed in the crow's nest of the RMS Titanic when the ship collided with an iceberg
  • Reggie Miller (born 1965), former National Basketball Association player, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Reginald Noble, best known as Redman
  • Reginald Owen (1887-1972), British character actor
  • Reginald Pole (1500–1558), English Archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal
  • Reginald Prentice (1923–2001), British politician
  • Reginald Punnett (1875–1967), British geneticist
  • Reg Saunders (1920–1990), Australian army officer
  • Reg Varney (1916–2008), English actor, entertainer and comedian
  • Reginald VelJohnson (born 1952), American actor
  • Reggie White (1961–2004), American football player, member of both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame

Fictional characters
  • Reginald, in Saki short stories
  • Reginald, nemesis and cousin of Richie Rich in the movie and comic books
  • Reginald Barclay, a recurring character in the Star Trek fictional universe
  • Reginald Bunthorne, the main character of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera Patience
  • Bushroot, Reginald Bushroot, supervillain in the Disney television series Darkwing Duck
  • Reginald Deadman, police constable in the British television sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart
  • Reggie Mantle, 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, the personal servant to Bertie Wooster in a series of short stories and novels by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Reginald "Reg" Hollis, a long-standing fictional police constable in the British television series The Bill
  • Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins, in the American television series The Wire
  • Reginald, a fictional koala bear in American Dad!, voiced by Erik Durbin
  • Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, the protagonist in a series of mysteries by Ruth Rendell
  • General Reginald Peter Skarr, in Evil Con Carne and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
  • Reginald "Belch" Huggins, a minor antagonist in Stephen King’s 1986 novel It
  • Reginald "Red" Forman, in That 70s Show
  • Reginald Roach, in the RoboRoach animated TV series
  • Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright, in the Endeavour TV series
  • Reginald Bane, a recurring character in Mysticons animated TV series
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References
  1. What does Reginald Mean?, thenamemeaning.com
  2. Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com, retrieved 2 November 2010 which cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 for the surname "Reynold".
  3. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 228, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
  4. Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 2626, ISBN 0-203-99355-1
  5. McDonald, RA (2007). Manx Kingship in its Irish Sea Setting, 1187–1229: King Rǫgnvaldr and the Crovan Dynasty. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-84682-047-2.
  6. House of Names: Renouard
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