Reginald
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Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language that derives from the Latin word for "king".[1]
| Romanization | Reginaldus |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈrɛ.dʒɪ.nəld/, REH-jih-nəld |
| Gender | Male |
| Language | English |
| Origin | |
| Languages | Germanic; Latin |
| Word/name | Latin: Reginaldus |
| Derivation | ragin + wald |
| Meaning | "advice", "counsel", "decision" + "rule", "ruler". |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | Reginold |
| Short form | Reg |
| Pet form | Reggie |
| Anglicisation | Reginald |
| Related names | Reynold, Ragnall, Reinhold, Ronald, Rognvald |
| See also | Rex, Regina |
Etymology and history
The name Reginald comes from Latin meaning "king" and "ruler" symbolizing authority and leadership.[2] It comes from combining Latin “rex” meaning king and “nald” meaning ruler. The name is derived from Reginaldus which means "king".[3] This name signifies a ruler or kingly figure, representing authority and leadership. This Latin name is a Latinisation of a Germanic language name. The Germanic name is composed of two elements: the first ragin, meaning "advice", "counsel",[4] "decision";[5] the second element is wald, meaning "rule",[4] "ruler".[5] The Old German form of the name is Raginald; Old French forms are Reinald and Reynaud.[6]
Forms of this Germanic name were first brought to the British Isles by Scandinavians, in the form of the Old Norse Rögnvaldr.[citation needed] This name was later reinforced by the arrival of the Normans in the 11th century, in the Norman forms Reinald and Reynaud.[4][citation needed]
The Latin Reginaldus was used as a Latin form of cognate names, such as the Old Norse Rögnvaldr, and the Gaelic Ragnall and Raghnall.[7]
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, Romuald
- 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
People with the name
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, medieval French writer c. 1200
- Reginald (bishop of the Isles) (died c. 1226)
- Reginald de Braose (1182–1228), Norman nobleman
- Raynald of Belleville (died 1241), Hungarian prelate
- Reginald of Piperno (c. 1230 – c. 1290), Italian Dominican, theologian and companion of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Reginald of Bar (bishop of Metz) (died 1316)
- Reginald of Burgundy (died 1321), Count of Montbéliard from 1282 to 1321
- Reginald II, Duke of Guelders (c. 1295–1343)
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
- Elton John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight), English singer
- Reginald Dyer (1864–1927), British-Indian army officer, mostly remembered for ordering the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.
- 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 Goodridge (born 1952), Liberian politician
- Reginald Hill (1936–2012), British crime writer
- 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
- Reg Keys, British anti-war campaigner and parliamentary candidate
- Reginald Knight (died 1969), Rhodesian politician and judge.
- Reginald Kray (1933–2000), one of the Kray twins, English criminals
- 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 Mitchell (1885–1937), British aeronautical engineer, designer of the Supermarine Spitfire
- Reginald Noble, best known as Redman
- Reginald Orton (1810–1862), British surgeon
- Reginald Owen (1887–1972), British character actor
- Reginald Perera (1915–1977), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist
- Reginald Pole (1500–1558), English Archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal
- Reginald Sydney Vernon Poulier (1894–1976), Sri Lankan Burgher civil servant
- Reginald Prentice (1923–2001), British politician
- Reginald Punnett (1875–1967), British geneticist
- Reg Saunders (1920–1990), Australian army officer
- Reginald Tennekoon, 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, who was a Tanzanian Billionaire, and chairman of IPP companies
- Reginald (wrestler), professional wrestler and former acrobat
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 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
- Captain Reginald Thisleton, a World War I fighter pilot whom Woodhouse is heavily implied to have been lovers with in an episode of Archer
- King Reginald, the main antagonist of Dungeon Keeper 2
- Reginald, a lion in 64 Zoo Lane
