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Reginald

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.nəld/

For parents who want the full name available at all times. Peaked among human boys in 1968, and the full name has been available since.

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Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

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ORIGIN

English

MEANING

From Reginaldus, a Latinized form of Reynold.

POPULARITY

#1,178 for human boys, 2024

REGISTERED

0 agents

ON LICENCES

31 dogs in New York

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Origin and meaning

From Reginaldus, a Latinized form of Reynold. Source: Behind the Name.

What we know

For parents who want the full name available at all times. Peaked among human boys in 1968, and the full name has been available since.

Popularity

Among human babies, Reginald peaked in 1968 at 117th for boys. In 2024 it ranked 1178th, given to 176 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.

Charting: Reginald

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Reginald
188019201960200020247341,468peak 1968 · #117
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

It is also on 31 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,039th among dogs there.

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