Reginald is a masculine

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Etymology and history

The meaning of Reginald is “King". The name is derived from the

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''Reginaldus'', which has been influenced by the Latin word ''regina'', meaning "

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". 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'';

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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

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forms ''Reinald'' and ''Reynaud''. which cited: for the surname "Reynold". The Latin ''Reginaldus'' was used as a Latin form of cognate names, such as the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'', and the Gaelic ''Ragnall'' and ''Raghnall''.

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. ''

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'' is a pet form of ''Reg''.

People named Reginald

Middle Ages

:''Ordered chronologically'' * Reginald I, Count of Burgundy (986–1057), second Count of the Free County of Burgundy * Reginald I, Count of Bar, Count of Bar (1105–1149) * Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1110–1175), also High Sheriff of Devon * Raynald of Châtillon (c. 1125–1187), also known as Reginald of Châtillon, a knight in the Second Crusade and Prince of Antioch * Reginald of Sidon (1130s–1202), Count of Sidon and an important noble in the Kingdom of Jerusalem *

Reginald of Canterbury Reginald of Canterbury (died after 1109) was a medieval French writer and Benedictine monk who lived and wrote in England in the very early part of the 12th century. He was the author of a number of Latin poems, including an epic entitled ''Malchu ...

, medieval French writer around 1200 *

Reginald (bishop of the Isles) Reginald (died c.1226) was an early thirteenth-century Bishop of the Isles. According to the ''Chronicle of Mann'', he was related to the Crovan dynasty, the royal family of the Kingdom of the Isles. The chronicle specifically states that he was t ...

(died c. 1226) * Reginald de Braose (1182–1228), Norman nobleman *

Reginald of Piperno Reginald of Piperno (or Reginald of Priverno) was an Italian Dominican, theologian and companion of St. Thomas Aquinas. Biography Reginald was born at Piperno about 1230. Since 1927 this town of the Lazio region in central Italy is Priverno. H ...

(c. 1230–c. 1290), Italian Dominican, theologian and companion of St. Thomas Aquinas *

Reginald of Bar (bishop of Metz) Reginald of Bar (Renaud de Bar, d. 1316) was bishop of Metz from 1302. Reginald was the son of Theobald II, Count of Bar, and his wife Joan of Toucy. He was made canon at Rheims, Laon, Verdun and Cambrai and then, before 1298, archdeacon of Br ...

(died 1316) *

Reginald of Burgundy Reginald of Burgundy (died 1321) was Count of Montbéliard, ''jure uxoris'', from 1282 to 1321. He was a son of Hugh of Chalon (from the House of Ivrée), sire of Salins, and his wife Adelaide. After Reginald's death in 1322, his daughter Joan ...

(died 1321), Count of Montbéliard from 1282 to 1321 *

Reginald II, Duke of Guelders Reginald II of Guelders ( nl, Reinoud), called "the Black" (c. 1295 – 12 October 1343), was Count of Guelders, and from 1339 onwards Duke of Guelders, and Zutphen, in the Low Countries, from 1326 to 1343. He was the son of Reginald I of Guelders ...

(c. 1295–1343)

Modern world

Reginald Arvizu Reginald Quincy Arvizu (born November 2, 1969), also known as "Fieldy", is an American musician, best known as the bassist for nu metal band Korn. He is also the guitarist/bassist for rock band StillWell. Musical career Prior to Arvizu's t ...

(born 1969), American rock musician * Reginald Askew (1928–2012), British Anglican priest and academic *

Reginald Bonham Reginald Walter Bonham (31 January 1906 – 16 March 1984) was a blind chess player from St. Neots, England known for his achievements in both blind and sighted chess. After founding the International Braille Chess Association in 1951, he becam ...

, English blind chess player * Reginald Bosanquet (1932–1984), British television newsreader best known for presenting News At Ten *

Reginald Denny (actor) Reginald Leigh Dugmore (20 November 189116 June 1967), known professionally as Reginald Denny, was an English actor, aviator, and UAV pioneer. Acting career Born Reginald Leigh Dugmore on 20 November 1891 in Richmond, Surrey, England (part o ...

, English stage, film, and television actor *

Reginald Oliver Denny Reginald Oliver Denny (born 1953) is a former construction truck driver who was pulled from his truck and severely beaten during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. His attackers, a group of Black men who came to be known as the "L.A. Four", targeted De ...

, the truck driver nearly beaten to death during the Los Angeles riots in 1992 *

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...

(born Reginald Kenneth Dwight), English singer *

Reginald Dyer Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, CB (9 October 1864 – 23 July 1927) was an officer of the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began serving briefly in the regular British Army before tra ...

(1864-1927), British-Indian army officer, mostly remembered for ordering the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919. *

Reginald Earnshaw Reginald Hamilton Earnshaw (5 February 1927 – 6 July 1941), known as Reggie Earnshaw, is believed to have been the youngest person in the British services to die in World War II. He was just old when he died under enemy fire on the off the ...

(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 Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play ''French Without Tears'', in what ...

(1908–1990), English actor *

Reginald D. Hunter Reginald Darnell Hunter (born March 26, 1969)Maxwell, Dominic (March 10, 2007).The N-word is out. ''The Times'' (Times Newspapers). is an American stand-up comedian based in the United Kingdom. Early life and family Hunter was born in Albany, G ...

, American comedian, living and working in Britain *

Reggie Jackson Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and Cali ...

(born 1946), former Major League Baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame * Reginald Kray (1933–2000), one of the

Kray twins Ronald Kray (24 October 193317 March 1995) and Reginald Kray (24 October 19331 October 2000) were identical twin brothers, gangsters and convicted criminals. They were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London, Engl ...

, English criminals *

Reg Keys Reginald Thomas Keys (born 1952) is the father of a British serviceman killed in the Iraq War. He stood in the 2005 general election as an anti-war independent candidate for in Sedgefield, a constituency held by the then Prime Minister, Tony Bla ...

, British anti-war campaigner and parliamentary candidate *

Reginald Lee Reginald Lee (19 May 1870 – 6 August 1913) was a lookout stationed in the crow's nest of the RMS ''Titanic'' when the ship collided with an iceberg at 23:40 on 14 April 1912. Biography Born in Benson, England, Lee served in the Royal Navy as ...

(1870-1913), lookout stationed in the crow's nest of the

RMS Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United ...

when the ship collided with an iceberg *

Reggie Miller Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Indiana Pacers. Miller was known for his precision three-p ...

(born 1965), former National Basketball Association player, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame *

Reginald Mitchell Reginald Joseph Mitchell (20 May 189511 June 1937) was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1916 until 1936. He is best remembered for designing racing seaplanes such as the Supermarine ...

(1885-1937), British aeronautical engineer, designer of the

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* Reginald Noble, best known as Redman * Reginald Owen (1887-1972), British character actor *

Reginald Perera Ranawaka Arachchige Arthur Reginald Perera (1 December 1915 - 19 November 1977) was Sri Lankan Trotskyist politician. Perera received his education at St. John's College, Panadura. In the 1930s he joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, actively enga ...

(1915-1977), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist *

Reginald Pole Reginald Pole (12 March 1500 – 17 November 1558) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and the last Catholic archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558, during the Counter-Reformation. Early life Pole was born a ...

(1500–1558), English Archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal * Reginald Sydney Vernon Poulier (1894-1976), Sri Lankan Burgher civil servant *

Reginald Prentice Reginald Ernest Prentice, Baron Prentice, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (16 July 1923 – 18 January 2001) was a British politician who held ministerial office in both Labour Party (UK), Labour and Conservative Party (UK), Con ...

(1923–2001), British politician * Reginald Punnett (1875–1967), British geneticist *

Reg Saunders Reginald Walter Saunders, MBE (7 August 1920 – 2 March 1990) was the first Aboriginal Australian to be commissioned as an officer in the Australian Army. He came from a military family, his forebears having served in the Boer War and th ...

(1920–1990), Australian army officer *

Reginald Tennekoon Reginald Wilfred Tennekoon (31 December 1912) was a Ceylonese politician and businessman. Tennekoon was born on 31 December 1912 in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, Central Province of British Ceylon, the son of L. B. Tennekoon and Nandumanika R ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhala MP for Minipe * 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 *

Reginald Mengi Reginald Abraham Mengi (1943 – May 2, 2019) was a Tanzanian billionaire, businessperson, philanthropist, and author of the book ''I Can, I Must, I Will''. Reginald Abraham Mengi was born into a poor family in Northern Tanzania and raised in a ...

, who was a Tanzanian Billionaire, and chairman of IPP companies * Reginald (wrestler), professional wrestler and former acrobat *

Reggy Roach Reggy the Purple Party Dude is a fantasy character created by the Raymond Entertainment Group. Reggy's more notable features include French fry hair, a boogie nose, and bright purple fur. Reggy the Purple Party Dude is one of the most popular trav ...

2000-Present Rapper and singer signed to Roach Records under Capitol

Fictional characters

* Reginald, in

Saki Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and cultur ...

short stories * Reginald, nemesis and cousin of Richie Rich in the movie and comic books *

Reginald Barclay Reginald Endicott Barclay III is a fictional engineer from the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. On television and in film, he has been portrayed by Dwight Schultz since the character's introduction in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' thi ...

, a recurring character in the ''

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'' fictional universe * Reginald Bunthorne, the main character of the

Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan was a Victorian era, Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), who jointly created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which ...

opera '' Patience'' *

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, 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 ''

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'' * Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins, in the American television series '' The Wire'' * Reginald, a fictional koala bear in ''

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'', voiced by Erik Durbin * Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, the protagonist in a series of mysteries by

Ruth Rendell Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, (; 17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford.The Oxford Companion ...

* General Reginald Peter Skarr, in '' Evil Con Carne'' and ''

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'' * Reginald "Belch" Huggins, a minor antagonist in

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

’s 1986 novel '' It'' * Reginald "Red" Forman, in '' That 70s Show'' * Reginald Roach, in the ''

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'' animated TV series * Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright, in the ''

Endeavour Endeavour or endeavor may refer to: People Fictional characters * Endeavour Morse, central character of the ''Inspector Morse'' novels by Colin Dexter * Endeavor, the hero name for the character Enji Todoroki from the anime series ''My Hero A ...

'' TV series * Reginald Bane, a recurring character in ''

Mysticons ''Mysticons'' is an animated television series that aired from August 28, 2017 to September 15, 2018. The show is a collaboration between companies Nelvana, Playmates Toys, and The Topps Company. The show was created by Sean Jara, who is also the ...

'' animated TV series * Captain Reginald Thisleton, a World War I fighter pilot whom Woodhouse is heavily implied to have been lovers with in an episode of Archer * Reginald "Reggie" Peters, a ghost teenager who forms with two other dead himbos and a living girl a band in ''Julie and the Phantoms''. * Reginald Copperbottom, the leader of the Toppat Clan in the video game ''The Henry Stickmin Collection''

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