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Reginald

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Reginald
GenderMale
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)Latin
Word/nameReginaldus
Other names
Variant form(s)Reginold
Short form(s)Reg
Pet form(s)Reggie
See alsoRagnall, Reinhold, Ronald, Rex

Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language.

Etymology and history

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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. The 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 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.[1][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.[4]

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
  • Swedish: Ragnvald
  • Tamil: ரெஜினால்டு (Rejiṉālṭu)
  • Telugu: రెజినాల్డ్ (Rejinālḍ)
  • Thai: เรจินัล (Recinạl)
  • Ukrainian: Реджинальд (Redzhynalʹd)
  • Welsh: Rheinallt
  • Yiddish: רעגינאַלד (Reginald)

Use and popularity

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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 named Reginald

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Middle Ages

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Ordered chronologically

Modern world

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Fictional characters

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  • 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
  • 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
  • Reginald Tetra, a coffin maker in the visual novel Cemetery Mary
  • Reginald, a lion in 64 Zoo Lane

References

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  1. ^ 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".
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 2626, ISBN 0-203-99355-1
  4. ^ McDonald, R. A. (2007). Manx Kingship in Its Irish Sea Setting, 1187–1229: King Rǫgnvaldr and the Crovan Dynasty. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-84682-047-2.
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