Reginald
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Reginald 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. Recorded meaning: Germanic ‘power might’; brought to Ireland by Scandinavians and Anglo-Normans.
- 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)
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 ‘power might’; brought to Ireland by Scandinavians and Anglo-Normans.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Reginald 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)
Reginald is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from Germanic *ragin- 'counsel' + *wald- 'rule'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
$ Of Norman origin, derived from Regi- REUBEN naldus, a Latinized form of Reynold influenced by Latin régina ‘queen’. The full form is now regarded as very formal, and bearers generally shorten it to pReg in ordinary usage.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A male given name from the Germanic languages derived from a Latinized form of Reynold.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, männl. Vom., ältere Namensform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
English: of Norman origin, derived from Reginaldus , a Latinized form of REYNOLD influenced by Latin regina queen. It is now regarded as very formal, and bearers generally shorten it to REG in ordinary usage.
as a word
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)
- Reginald Poleb. 1500GBEnglish cardinal, the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury
- Reginald Fessendenb. 1866CACanadian radio pioneer (1866–1932)
- Reginald Owenb. 1887GBBritish actor (1887–1972)
- Reginald Sheffieldb. 1901GBBritish actor (1901-1957)
- Reginald Gardinerb. 1903GBactor (1903-1980)
- Rex Harrisonb. 1908GBnot in their usual nameBritish actor (1908–1990)
- Reginald Millsb. 1912GBBritish film editor (1912–1990)
- Reginald Roseb. 1920USAmerican screenwriter (1920-2002)
- George Cohenb. 1939GBnot in their usual nameEnglish footballer (1939-2022)
- Reginald VelJohnsonb. 1952USAmerican actor
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 84 sources across 46 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 69K | #740 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 244 | #357 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 167 | #740 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 153 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2021 | 4 | #605 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Reginald mean, and where does it come from?
- Germanic ‘power might’; brought to Ireland by Scandinavians and Anglo-Normans. Recorded by Irish first names.
- What are other forms of the name Reginald?
- In the etymology graph, Ronald, Reynaldo and Reinaldo are forms of the same name in other languages; Reggie is a recorded short or pet form.
- Is Reginald a male or female name?
- Reginald 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 Reginald have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 226 thousand people named Reginald in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled reginald.
- How common is the name Reginald?
- In the United States, the national register counted 68,879 people named Reginald in 2020, about 1 in 4.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Reginald compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Reginald 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/reginaldThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Reginald” — the 43rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.