Réginald
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Germanic origin; from ragin 'counsel' + wald 'rule'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Réginald is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 43rd most common given name.
- JMJamaica≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 3K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 3.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 505 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈230,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Reginald in US United States, GB United Kingdom, ZA South Africa and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Germanic origin; from ragin 'counsel' + wald 'rule'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Réginald counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈230,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | — | Reginald | 17 |
| US United States | #466 | 68,879 | 1 in 4.8K | 69K | Reginald | 505 |
| ZA South Africa | #380 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Reginald | 79 |
| GB United Kingdom | #452 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | 4 | Reginald | 187 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Reginald | 66 |
| JM Jamaica | #43 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Reginald | 12 |
| GY Guyana | — | 244 | 1 in 3.1K | 244 | — | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Réginald is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Du germanique *ragin* « conseil » + *wald* « gouverner »; forme de Reginald.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Germanic: 'counsel of the ruler'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Réginald Outhierb. 1694FRFrench astronomer and priest (1694–1774)
- Reginald Garrigou-Lagrangeb. 1877FRFrench theologian (1877-1964)
- Réginald Stormsb. 1880BEOlympic sport shooter
- Alain Goraguerb. 1931FRnot in their usual nameFrench composer, music arranger, orchestra leader (1931–2023)
- Réginald Grégoireb. 1935BEBelgian Benedictine theologian (1935-2012)
- Réginald Bélairb. 1949CACanadian politician (1949-2020)
- Cayoucheb. 1949CAnot in their usual nameAcadian country singer (1948–2024)
- Réginald Rayb. 1968FRFrench association football player
- Réginald Becqueb. 1972FRFrench association football player
- Réginald Mbu Alidorb. 1993FRassociation football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Réginald mean, and where does it come from?
- Germanic origin; from ragin 'counsel' + wald 'rule'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Réginald a male or female name?
- Réginald is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Réginald have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 226 thousand people named Réginald in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled reginald.
- How common is the name Réginald?
- In the United States, the national register counted 68,879 people named Réginald in 2020, about 1 in 4.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Réginald compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Réginald is the 43rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/r%C3%A9ginaldThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Réginald” — the 43rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.