Reginald

Where Reginald comes from

From Latin Reginaldus, Latinization of names deriving from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz.
— Wiktionary's entry for Reginald
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1500
    Reginald Pole born
    English cardinal, the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #482 among boys — 14 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1952
    Reginald VelJohnson born
    American actor
  4. 1968
    Peak, #117
    2,551 babies named Reginald — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #193.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages derived from a Latinized form of Reynold.
Namesakes
  • Reginald Pole · English cardinal, the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, 1500–1558
  • Reginald VelJohnson · American actor, born 1952
  • Reginald Fessenden · Canadian radio pioneer, 1866–1932
  • Reginald Innes Pocock · British zoologist, 1863–1947
  • Reginald Doherty · English tennis player, 1872–1910

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.