Reginold
Masculine · “counsel and rule”
Reginold is Reginald with its last vowel changed to o, and it is said the same way. The record holds no separate history for it and does not show why the o was chosen; Reginald itself is an old name, the medieval Latin form of a Germanic name that English also knows as Reynold.
How old is the name Reginold?
Reginold first appears in US birth records in 1930 — 95 years ago. The typical Reginold alive today was born around 1964, making them about 61 years old. About 400 people named Reginold are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reginold most popular?
Reginold peaked in 1965, reaching #1625 nationally. See the whole 1965 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Germanic Raginald to Reginold
The story of Reginold
Reginald came into English through medieval Latin Reginaldus and became a familiar English name in the nineteenth century, with Reggie as its everyday short form. Reginold is one of its rarer American spellings. The change sits in the final syllable, where speech gives the vowel no clear sound, so the name is said exactly as Reginald.
Meaning
counsel and rule, as Reginald
The meaning belongs to Reginald, from the Germanic elements ragin, 'counsel', and wald, 'rule'. Reginold adds no meaning of its own.
How the name formed
- Germanic Raginald
- Latin Reginaldus
- Reginald
- Reginold
Pronouncing Reginold
REJ-in-uld
Said exactly like Reginald.
Nicknames for Reginold
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1930
- Most boys named
- 196523 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1625reached in 1965
- Change vs 1999
- 0.0%6 in 2004, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Reginolds among us
people named Reginold are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Reginold sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Said exactly like Reginald, a name everyone recognizes.
- Reggie and Reg come ready as short forms.
- Rests on a long, documented history in English.
- Most people will write Reginald, and forms and teachers will correct it; expect to explain the o.
- Some will read the o as a typo at first; a brief 'with an o' settles it, and Reggie is spelled the same either way.
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Frequently asked
- How many Reginolds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Reginold are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Reginold in 2025?
- Reginold is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Reginold will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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