Reginald

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Reginald is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name74K records spelled Reginald16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Philippines, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Reggie, Réginald, Réggie, Rêggîë, Reggië

• a separate given name27K records spelled Reginald2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Réginald

• Swahili given name9.6K records spelled Reginald6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Réginald

• Hindi given name6.5K records spelled Reginald9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, South Africa

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala

  Also written রেজিনাল্ড, রেজিনালড, Réginald

• Japanese given name943 records spelled Reginald2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom

  Also written Réginald

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Reginald is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, from Germanic *ragin- 'counsel' + *wald- 'rule'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• $ Of Norman origin, derived from Regi- REUBEN naldus, a Latinized form of Reynold influenced by Latin régina ‘queen’. The full form is now regarded as very formal, and bearers generally shorten it to pReg in ordinary usage.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A male given name from the Germanic languages derived from a Latinized form of Reynold.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, männl. Vom., ältere Namensform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• English: of Norman origin, derived from Reginaldus , a Latinized form of REYNOLD influenced by Latin regina queen. It is now regarded as very formal, and bearers generally shorten it to REG in ordinary usage.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Reginald Poleb. 1500GBEnglish cardinal, the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury
• Reginald Fessendenb. 1866CACanadian radio pioneer (1866–1932)
• Reginald Owenb. 1887GBBritish actor (1887–1972)
• Reginald Sheffieldb. 1901GBBritish actor (1901-1957)
• Reginald Gardinerb. 1903GBactor (1903-1980)
• Rex Harrisonb. 1908GBnot in their usual nameBritish actor (1908–1990)
• Reginald Millsb. 1912GBBritish film editor (1912–1990)
• Reginald Roseb. 1920USAmerican screenwriter (1920-2002)
• George Cohenb. 1939GBnot in their usual nameEnglish footballer (1939-2022)
• Reginald VelJohnsonb. 1952USAmerican actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 568 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Reginald?

We estimate roughly 69 thousand people bear Reginald (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Reginald have the most bearers?

We estimate about 69 thousand people bear Reginald in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled reginald.

How common is Reginald compared with other names?

In the United States, Reginald is the 470th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Reginald a male or female name?

Reginald is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Reginald mean?

Recorded meaning: Germanic ‘power might’; brought to Ireland by Scandinavians and Anglo-Normans.