Reginald

English

"counsel power"

Reginald Origin and Meaning

The name Reginald is a boy's name of English origin meaning "counsel power".

Now seen as the chap in the smoking jacket in a 1930s drawing-room comedy, Reginald has actually been on the US popularity list every year since 1880.

A name that was quite common throughout the MIddle Ages, in the modern era Reginald has been associated—in its nickname form—with star athletes like Reggie Jackson and Reggie Bush, plus it's the birth name of Elton John. In literature, Reginald Wilfer is a character in the Dickens novel Our Mutual Friend; Reginald is also the first name of capable and oh-so-proper butler Jeeves in P.G. Wodehouse's books, and, indeed, it still reflects his pompous image.

Reginald Rank in US Top 1000

# 987 in the US

Reginald Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 905 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Reginald

• 987 US 2020
• 905 Nameberry 2025
• 101 Unique 2023
• 247 England 2023

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Famous People Named Reginald

• Reginald Pole last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury
• Reginald Kenneth Dwight birth name of Elton John, English singer,songwriter
• (John) Reginald Owen English actor
• Reginald Leigh Denny English actor
• Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson American baseball player
• Reginald Lucien Frank Roger "Reggie" Watts American musician/comedian
• Reginald Aubrey Fessenden Canadian radio pioneer
• Reginald Theodore Blomfield English architect
• Reginald Maudling former British Home Secretary
• Reginald Frank "R.F." Doherty English tennis player
• Reginald Alan "Reggie" Hudlin American film producer
• Reginald Quincy "Fieldy" Arvizu American bassist for band Korn
• Reginald Heber English Bishop of Calcutta
• Reginald Alfred "Reggie" Bush American NFL football player
• Reginald Howard "Reggie" White American NFL football player
• Reginald Wayne "Reggie" Miller American basketball player
• Reginald Shon "Reggie" Jackson American basketball player
• Reginald Jamaal "Reggie" Evans American basketball player
• Reginald Ryedell "Reggie" Bullock American basketball player
• Reginald "Reggie" Noble aka Redman American rapper
• Reginald Darnell Hunter U.K.,based American comedian
• Reginald Rowan Belknap U.S. Navy admiral

The name Reginald in Pop Culture

• Reginald Jeeves character in P.G. Wodehouse novels
• Reginald Bunthorne character in "Patience" (1881)
• Reginald "Rex" Bateman character in "With the Allies to Pekin" by G. A. Henty
• Reginald Front de,Boeuf, character in "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott
• Reginald Birch character in the "Assassin's Creed" series
• Reginald Paltry character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Reginald "Red" Albert Foreman character on TV's "That 70's Show", played by Kurtwood Smith
• Reginald "Reg" Cattermole character in "Harry Potter"

International Variations of the name Reginald

• Naldo Spanish
• Renato Spanish
• Rinaldo Italian
• Reinwald German
• Reinhold Swedish
• Reinaldo Spanish
• Reinald German
• Raynold French
• René French
• Reinaldos Spanish
• Renault French
• Regnauld French
• Raghnall Irish
• Regnault French
• Reynaldo Spanish
• Renaud French