Reginald

English

Etymology

From Latin Reginaldus, Latinization of names deriving from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪnəld/

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Proper noun

Reginald

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages derived from a Latinized form of Reynold.
   • 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “Book 1, Chapter 4”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC:

     Reginald Wilfer is a name with rather a grand sound, suggesting on first acquaintance brasses in country churches, scrolls in stained-glass windows, and generally the De Wilfers who came over with the Conqueror. For, it is a remarkable fact in genealogy that no De Any ones ever came over with Anybody else. - - - He was shy, and unwilling to own to the name of Reginald, as being too aspiring and self-assertive a name. In his signature he used only the initial R., and imparted what it really stood for, to none but chosen friends, under the seal of confidence.

Usage notes

Popular in the UK in the first half of the twentieth century.

Derived terms

• Reg
• Reggie

 

Related terms

• Reynold
• Ronald

 

Anagrams

• Därligen, relading, dearling, Aldinger, ringlead, danglier, inlarged, dragline

Catalan

Proper noun

Reginald m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Reynold or Ronald