Name Element REGIN

Meaning & History

Old Norse, Old High German and Frankish word meaning "advice, counsel, decision". In Old Norse it acquired the meaning "power of the gods".

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Other Languages & Culturesragin(Gothic) raginą(Old Germanic)
Given Name DescendantsErramun(Basque) Renaud, Rinaldo(Carolingian Cycle) Ramon, Raimon(Catalan) Ragna, Ragnhild, Randi(Danish) Rein, Reinier, Reinoud, Reinout, Rien, Ronald, Rembrandt(Dutch) Ramona, Raymond, Rayner, Reginald, Reynold, Ronald, Raine, Ranulph, Raymund, Raynard, Reynard, Ronnette(English) Ragnar, Raimond, Rein(Estonian) Ragnar(Faroese) Raimo, Reima, Reino(Finnish) Raymond, Raymonde, Renaud, Rainier, Renard, Reynaud(French) Rein, Reinder, Reindert(Frisian) Raimund, Rainer, Reiner, Reinhard, Reinhardt, Reinhild, Reinhilde, Reinhold, Ronald, Raimunde, Reimund(German) Raganhildis, Ragemprand, Raginald, Raginbert, Raginhard, Raginheri, Raginhild, Raginmar, Raginmund, Raginolf, Raimund, Rainard, Rainer, Rainulf, Rambert, Regin, Reinald, Reiner, Reinhard, Reinhold, Rembert(Germanic) Rajmund, Ramóna(Hungarian) Ragna, Ragnar, Ragnheiður, Ragnhildur(Icelandic) Raghnall, Réamann, Réamonn, Redmond, Redmund(Irish) Raimonda, Raimondo, Raniero, Rinaldo(Italian) Raimonds, Renārs(Latvian) Remao, Reneer(Limburgish) Raimondas(Lithuanian) Ranulf(Medieval English) Raghnailt, Ragnailt, Ragnall, Rémann(Medieval Irish) Ragna, Ragnar, Ragnhild, Ragnvald, Randi(Norwegian) Raginaharjaz, Raginahildiz, Raginawaldaz(Old Germanic) Ragna, Ragnarr, Ragnbjǫrg, Ragnfríðr, Ragnheiðr, Ragnhildr, Ragnvaldr(Old Norse) Rajmund(Polish) Raimunda, Raimundo, Reginaldo, Reinaldo, Reynaldo, Ronaldo(Portuguese) Raymundo(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Ramona(Romanian) Ranald, Ronald, Ronalda(Scottish) Raghnaid, Raghnall(Scottish Gaelic) Rajmund(Slovene) Raimunda, Raimundo, Ramón, Ramona, Reinaldo, Reynaldo, Rainerio(Spanish) Raymundo(Spanish (Latin American)) Ragna, Ragnar, Ragnhild, Ragnvald(Swedish) Rheinallt(Welsh)

Sources & References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry *regin, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
Entry updated June 9, 2023