# Reginald
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{{Infobox given name2
| name = Reginald
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| romanization = Reginaldus
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|'|r|ɛ|.|dʒ|ɪ|.|n|ə|l|d}}, {{respell|REH|jih|nəld}}
| gender = Male
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| feminine =
| language = [English](/source/English_language)
| languageorigin = [Germanic](/source/Germanic_languages); [Latin](/source/Latin)
| origin = [Latin](/source/Latin): ''Reginaldus''
| derivation = ''ragin'' + ''wald''
| meaning = "advice", "counsel", "decision" + "rule", "ruler".
| region = [England](/source/England)
| variant = Reginold
| shortform = [Reg](/source/Reg_(disambiguation))
| petname = [Reggie](/source/Reggie)
| cognate =
| anglicisation = Reginald
| derivative =
| related names = [Reynold](/source/Reynold), [Ragnall](/source/Ragnall_(name)), [Reinhold](/source/Reinhold), [Ronald](/source/Ronald), [Rognvald](/source/Rognvald)
| see also = [Rex](/source/Rex_(given_name)), [Regina](/source/Regina_(given_name))
| popularity =
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'''Reginald''' is a masculine [given name](/source/given_name) in the [English language](/source/English_language) that derives from the [Latin](/source/Latin) word for "[king](/source/king)".[{{citation |url=https://www.thenamemeaning.com/reginald/ |title=What does Reginald Mean? |website=TheNameMeaning.com |publisher=The Name Meaning}}]
==Etymology and history==
The name Reginald comes from [Latin](/source/Latin) meaning "[king](/source/king)" and "[ruler](/source/Leader)" symbolizing authority and leadership.[{{Cite web |date=January 2, 2025 |title=Biblical Meaning of Reginald: Unveiling Its Significance in Authority and Leadership |url=https://biblicalchronology.com/biblical-meaning-of-reginald/ |website=Biblical Chronology}}] It comes from combining Latin “[rex](/source/rex_(title))” meaning king and “nald” meaning ruler. The name is derived from ''Reginaldus'' which means "king".[{{Cite web |date=May 7, 2024 |title=Reginald Name Meaning, Origin, History, And Popularity |url=https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/reginald/ |website=Mom Junction}}] This name signifies a ruler or kingly figure, representing authority and leadership. This Latin name is a [Latinisation](/source/Latinisation_(literature)) of a [Germanic language](/source/Germanic_language) name. The Germanic name is composed of two elements: the first ''ragin'', meaning "advice", "counsel",[{{Citation |last=Reaney |first=Percy Hilde |author2=Wilson, Richard Middlewood |year=2006 |title=A Dictionary of English Surnames |edition=3rd |location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-203-99355-1 |page=2626 }}]
Forms of this Germanic name were first brought to the [British Isles](/source/British_Isles) by Scandinavians, in the form of the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr''.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} This name was later reinforced by the arrival of the Normans in the 11th century, in the [Norman](/source/Norman_language) forms ''Reinald'' and ''Reynaud''.[{{citation |url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx? |title=Learn about the family history of your surname |publisher=[Ancestry.com](/source/Ancestry.com) |access-date=2 November 2010}} which cited: {{citation |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }} for the surname "Reynold".]{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
The Latin ''Reginaldus'' was used as a Latin form of cognate names, such as the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) ''Rögnvaldr'', and the [Gaelic](/source/Gaelic_languages) ''Ragnall'' and ''Raghnall''.[{{cite book |last=McDonald |first=R. A. |year=2007 |title=Manx Kingship in Its Irish Sea Setting, 1187–1229: King Rǫgnvaldr and the Crovan Dynasty |publication-place=Dublin |publisher=Four Courts Press |isbn=978-1-84682-047-2 |page=13 }}]
== Translations ==
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* 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, Reginaldo, Regino
* Swedish: Ragnvald
* Tamil: ரெஜினால்டு (Rejiṉālṭu)
* Telugu: రెజినాల్డ్ (Rejinālḍ)
* Thai: เรจินัล (Recinạl)
* Ukrainian: Реджинальд (Redzhynalʹd)
* Welsh: Rheinallt
* Yiddish: רעגינאַלד (Reginald)
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==Use and popularity==
Today ''Reginald'' is regarded as a very formal name, and bearers generally shorten their name to ''Reg'' in ordinary usage. ''[Reggie](/source/Reggie_(pet_name))'' is a pet form of ''Reg''.[{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |authorlink1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |location=[Oxford](/source/Oxford) |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |pages=228 }}]
==People with the name==
===Middle Ages===
:''Ordered chronologically''
* [Reginald I, Count of Burgundy](/source/Reginald_I%2C_Count_of_Burgundy) (986–1057), second Count of the Free County of Burgundy
* [Reginald I, Count of Bar](/source/Reginald_I%2C_Count_of_Bar), Count of Bar (1105–1149)
* [Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall](/source/Reginald_de_Dunstanville%2C_1st_Earl_of_Cornwall) ({{Circa|1110}}–1175), also High Sheriff of Devon
* [Raynald of Châtillon](/source/Raynald_of_Ch%C3%A2tillon) ({{Circa|1125|lk=no}}–1187), also known as Reginald of Châtillon, a knight in the Second Crusade and Prince of Antioch
* [Reginald of Sidon](/source/Reginald_of_Sidon) (1130s–1202), Count of Sidon and an important noble in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
* [Reginald of Canterbury](/source/Reginald_of_Canterbury), medieval French writer {{Circa|1200|lk=no}}
* [Reginald (bishop of the Isles)](/source/Reginald_(bishop_of_the_Isles)) (died {{Circa|1226|lk=no}})
* [Reginald de Braose](/source/Reginald_de_Braose) (1182–1228), Norman nobleman
* [Raynald of Belleville](/source/Raynald_of_Belleville) (died 1241), Hungarian prelate
* [Reginald of Piperno](/source/Reginald_of_Piperno) ({{Circa|1230|1290|lk=no}}), Italian Dominican, theologian and companion of St. Thomas Aquinas
* [Reginald of Bar (bishop of Metz)](/source/Reginald_of_Bar_(bishop_of_Metz)) (died 1316)
* [Reginald of Burgundy](/source/Reginald_of_Burgundy) (died 1321), Count of Montbéliard from 1282 to 1321
* [Reginald II, Duke of Guelders](/source/Reginald_II%2C_Duke_of_Guelders) ({{Circa|1295|lk=no}}–1343)
===Modern world===
* [Reginald Arvizu](/source/Reginald_Arvizu) (born 1969), American rock musician
* [Reginald Askew](/source/Reginald_Askew) (1928–2012), British Anglican priest and academic
* [Reginald C. Barker](/source/Reginald_C._Barker) (1881–1937), British-born American novelist
* [Reginald Bonham](/source/Reginald_Bonham), English blind chess player
* [Reginald Bosanquet](/source/Reginald_Bosanquet) (1932–1984), British television newsreader best known for presenting [News At Ten](/source/ITV_News_At_Ten)
* [Reginald Denny (actor)](/source/Reginald_Denny_(actor)), English stage, film, and television actor
* [Reginald Oliver Denny](/source/Reginald_Oliver_Denny), the truck driver nearly beaten to death during the Los Angeles riots in 1992
* [Elton John](/source/Elton_John) (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight), English singer
* [Reginald Dyer](/source/Reginald_Dyer) (1864–1927), British-Indian army officer, mostly remembered for ordering the [Jallianwala Bagh massacre](/source/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre) in 1919.
* [Reginald Earnshaw](/source/Reginald_Earnshaw) (1927–1941), believed to be the youngest person in the British services to have died in the Second World War
* [Reginald Fessenden](/source/Reginald_Fessenden) (1866–1932), inventor who conducted pioneering experiments in radio
* [Reggie Fils-Aimé](/source/Reggie_Fils-Aim%C3%A9) (born 1961), American businessman and former president/COO of Nintendo of America
* [Reg Fleming](/source/Reg_Fleming) (1936–2009), National Hockey League player
* [Rex Harrison](/source/Rex_Harrison) (1908–1990), English actor
* [Reginald Goodridge](/source/Reginald_Goodridge) (born 1952), Liberian politician
* [Reginald Hill](/source/Reginald_Hill) (1936–2012), British crime writer
* [Reginald D. Hunter](/source/Reginald_D._Hunter), American comedian, living and working in Britain
* [Reggie Jackson](/source/Reggie_Jackson) (born 1946), former Major League Baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
* [Reg Keys](/source/Reg_Keys), British anti-war campaigner and parliamentary candidate
* [Reginald Knight](/source/Reginald_Knight) (died 1969), Rhodesian politician and judge.
* Reginald Kray (1933–2000), one of the [Kray twins](/source/Kray_twins), English criminals
* [Reginald Lee](/source/Reginald_Lee) (1870–1913), lookout stationed in the crow's nest of the [RMS Titanic](/source/RMS_Titanic) when the ship collided with an iceberg
* [Reggie Miller](/source/Reggie_Miller) (born 1965), former National Basketball Association player, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
* [Reginald Mitchell](/source/R.J._Mitchell) (1885–1937), British [aeronautical engineer](/source/aeronautical_engineering), designer of the [Supermarine Spitfire](/source/Supermarine_Spitfire)
* Reginald Noble, best known as [Redman](/source/Redman_(rapper))
* [Reginald Orton](/source/Reginald_Orton) (1810–1862), British surgeon
* [Reginald Owen](/source/Reginald_Owen) (1887–1972), British character actor
* [Reginald Perera](/source/Reginald_Perera) (1915–1977), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist
* [Reginald Pole](/source/Reginald_Pole) (1500–1558), English Archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal
* [Reginald Sydney Vernon Poulier](/source/R._S._V._Poulier) (1894–1976), Sri Lankan [Burgher](/source/Burgher_people) civil servant
* [Reginald Prentice](/source/Reginald_Prentice) (1923–2001), British politician
* [Reginald Punnett](/source/Reginald_Punnett) (1875–1967), British geneticist
* [Reg Saunders](/source/Reg_Saunders) (1920–1990), Australian army officer
* [Reginald Tennekoon](/source/Reginald_Tennekoon), Sri Lankan Sinhala [MP](/source/Parliament_of_Ceylon) for Minipe
* [Reg Varney](/source/Reg_Varney) (1916–2008), English actor, entertainer and comedian
* [Reginald VelJohnson](/source/Reginald_VelJohnson) (born 1952), American actor
* [Reggie White](/source/Reggie_White) (1961–2004), American football player, member of both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
* [Reginald Mengi](/source/Reginald_Mengi), who was a Tanzanian Billionaire, and chairman of IPP companies
* [Reginald (wrestler)](/source/Reginald_(wrestler)), professional wrestler and former acrobat
==Fictional characters==
* Reginald, in [Saki](/source/Saki) short stories
* Reginald, nemesis and cousin of [Richie Rich](/source/Richie_Rich_(character)) in the movie and comic books
* [Reginald Barclay](/source/Reginald_Barclay), a recurring character in the ''[Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek)'' fictional universe
* Reginald Bunthorne, the main character of the [Gilbert and Sullivan](/source/Gilbert_and_Sullivan) opera ''[Patience](/source/Patience_(opera))''
* [Bushroot](/source/Bushroot), Reginald Bushroot, supervillain in the Disney television series ''[Darkwing Duck](/source/Darkwing_Duck)''
* Reginald Deadman, police constable in the British television sitcom ''[Goodnight Sweetheart](/source/Goodnight_Sweetheart_(TV_series))''
* [Reggie Mantle](/source/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](/source/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Reginald_Perrin)'', the popular BBC-commissioned 1970s comedy based upon it
* [Reginald Jeeves](/source/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](/source/The_Bill)''
* Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins, in the American television series ''[The Wire](/source/The_Wire)''
* Reginald, a fictional [koala](/source/koala) in ''[American Dad!](/source/American_Dad!)'', voiced by Erik Durbin
* Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, the protagonist in a series of mysteries by [Ruth Rendell](/source/Ruth_Rendell)
* General Reginald Peter Skarr, in ''[Evil Con Carne](/source/Evil_Con_Carne)'' and ''[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy](/source/The_Grim_Adventures_of_Billy_and_Mandy)''
* Reginald "Belch" Huggins, a minor antagonist in [Stephen King](/source/Stephen_King)’s 1986 novel ''[It](/source/It_(novel))''
* Reginald "Red" Forman, in ''[That '70s Show](/source/That_'70s_Show)''
* Reginald Roach, in the ''[RoboRoach](/source/RoboRoach)'' animated TV series
* Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright, in the ''[Endeavour](/source/Endeavour_(TV_series))'' TV series
* Reginald Bane, a recurring character in ''[Mysticons](/source/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](/source/Archer_(2009_TV_series))
* King Reginald, the main antagonist of ''[Dungeon Keeper 2](/source/Dungeon_Keeper_2)''
* Reginald, a [lion](/source/lion) in [64 Zoo Lane](/source/64_Zoo_Lane)
==References==
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