The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Variant of “Reynold”; from the Germanic for “powerful ruler”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Raghnall, Ranald, Reg, Reggie, Reggy, Reinhold, Reynold, Reynaldo, Renaud, Reynaud, Reynault, Rheinallt, Rinaldo, Ronald, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Reginald Cuff, the school bully Dobbin saves young George Osborne from in Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray (published in 1847-48, but set in the 1810s-20s).

WRITERS:
– Reginald Hill (1936-2012), English crime writer.

Tagged: 1810s, 1820s, 1840s, 1930s, English, R

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