Reginald

Reginald is an established English name with Germanic elements associated with counsel and rule or power. Its longer formal shape is often paired with Reggie, a familiar short form. That relationship gives families two quite different everyday sounds while preserving one name history.

Reginald is the first name of Wodehouse’s Jeeves and of the character Reginald Wilfer in Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend. Elton John was also born Reginald, adding a musical association beyond its literary uses. These namesakes show the name in varied settings; they do not imply that a child called Reginald must share a particular social image or personality.