Reginald

Reginald
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	Latin
Word/name	Reginaldus
Other names
Short form(s)	Reg
Pet form(s)	Reggie
See also	Ragnall

Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language.

Etymology and history

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

Forms of this Germanic name were first brought to England 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.^[1]

Variants

Reginald and Reginaldus are used as Latinisations of the Old Irish, Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic Ragnall. This Gaelic name is cognate of Reginald, since Ragnall is derived from the Old Norse Rögnvaldr.

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.^[2]

People with the given name

Reginald Brunt of Kent, nicknamed "Freddie"
Reginald Arvizu of Korn, nicknamed "Fieldy"
Reginald Bonham, an English blind chess player
Reginald of Canterbury, medieval French writer around 1200
Raynald of Châtillon, also known as Reginald of Châtillon, a knight in the Second Crusade and Prince of Antioch
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
James Dewees, musician nicknamed "Reggie"
Reginald Kenneth Dwight, best known as Elton John
Reginald Earnshaw (1927 – 1941), believed to be the youngest person in the British services to have died in World War II
Reginald Fleming (1936-2009), professional hockey player in the National Hockey League with six NHL teams
Reginald D. Hunter, American comedian, living and working in Britain
Reginald Kray (1933-2000), one of the Kray twins, English criminals
Reginald Punnett, British geneticist
Reginald VelJohnson, American actor

Fictional characters

Reginald, fictional character in Saki's short stories
Reginald, nemesis and cousin of Richie Rich in the movie and comic books
Reginald Barclay, recurring character in the Star Trek fictional universe
Bushroot, Reginald Bushroot, supervillain in the Disney television series Darkwing Duck
Reginald Deadman, police constable in the British television sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart
Reggie Mantle, the fictional character 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, known mostly by his last name only, the personal servant to Bertie Wooster in a series of short stories and novels by P. G. Wodehouse
Reginald Fox, cartoon character (a fox) created by Tex Avery (MGM) in 1949, stars with Droopy in Outfoxed, MGM cartoons, 1949
Reginald "Reg" Hollis, a long-standing fictional police constable in the British television series The Bill
Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins, fiction character in the American television series The Wire
Reginald, fictional koala bear in American Dad, voiced by Erik Durbin

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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".
^ ^a ^b ^c 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
^ Reaney, Percy Hilde (2006), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 2626, ISBN 0-203-99355-1 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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[ancestry-surname-1] 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".

[Hanks1-2] 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

[Reaney-3] Reaney, Percy Hilde (2006), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 2626, ISBN 0-203-99355-1 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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