Reginald
Reginald around the world
One shared root links 6 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: from Germanic Raginwald, ragin "counsel" + wald "rule", reaching English as Norman Reynold and, through Norse Rognvaldr, Scottish Ronald
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Reginald peaked in the 1950s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
112 people · the #38,089 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 41
Among people named Reginald living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Reginald
People given the name Reginald in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1960 to 1999. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Reginald deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Reginald truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Reginald fits with your family’s names and surname.
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