Boy · Germanic, through Norman French
Reginald
Say it: REJ-ih-nuld
Meaning
From Germanic ragin 'counsel' and wald 'rule'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Introduced by the Normans.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1960s
In the United States
- 111,374 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1968, about 1 in 681 boys
- 214 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Reggie, Reynold, Reynaud
| German | Reinhold |
|---|---|
| French | Renaud |
| Italian | Rinaldo |
| Spanish | Reinaldo |
Famous bearers
- Reginald Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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