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Meaning

The name Reginald has the following meaning:

Powerful advisor of a ruler.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Reginald is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 457 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Reginald fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 40 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 598 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Reginald in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Reginald is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Reynold. See other suggested English boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Reynold.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Reginald and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Reginald: Boys - Bedford, Brain, Clayton, Dane, Denton, Denzel, Doctor, Drake, Dudley, Dunstan, Elton, Fletcher, Glover, Grayson, Jayce, Lamar, Landon, Lawson, Lincoln, Miller, Norton, Girls - Aleta, Amelia, Corda, Dayna, Fronie, India, Julissa, Katie, Kaya, Lu, Mckenna, Mettie, Paula, Tatum, Tawana, Both genders - Bailey, Devon, Hollis, Leigh, Sonny

Variants

The name Reginald is a variant of Reynold. Other popular variants of the name Reynold are: Raghnall (Irish), Ragnvald (Scandinavian), Rainault, Rainhold, Ranald (Scottish), Raynal, Raynald, Raynaldo, Raynold, Reginald (English), Reinald, Reinaldo (Portuguese), Reinaldos, Reinhold (German), Reino (Finnish), Reinold, Reinwald, Renado, Renald, Renaldi, Renaldo, Renato, Renaud (French), Renauld, Renauldo, Renault, Rennold, Renold, Renould, Rey, Reynaldo (Spanish), Reynaldos, Reynaud (French), Reynauldo, Reynol, Rheinallt (Welsh), Rinald, Rinaldi, Rinaldo (Italian), Ronald, Ronaldo (Portuguese)

Style

We think the name Reginald should fall under the following style category: African-American.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Reginald to be: Wealthy, intelligent and ambitious chap

In one word, you might describe Reginald as a(n) "ambitious" person.

See other "ambitious" names for boys.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Reynold for names of some famous persons with the name Reginald or Reynold (or their variants).
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Robert (34)
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Raymond (184)
Roman (259)
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Rylan (369)
Rodney (396)
Roger (403)
Riocard
Reshaud
Royall
Ruffis
Rossi
Ralf
Ramario
Rainhold
Rish
Richerdson
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