Rex (given name)

Rex is a male given name, short for Rexford or Reginald, derived from the Latin word rex, meaning "king". This is the etymological root word for king in several languages.

Rex

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	King
Other names
Related names	Regis, Reginald, Rexford, Roy, Renato

Notable people with the name include:

• Rex (birth name not made public; c.1943–2024), American gay erotic artist
• Rex Addison, Australian architect
• Rex Andrew Alarcon (born 1970), Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic church
• Rex Alexander (1924–1982), American basketball and tennis coach
• Rex Allen (1920–1999), American actor and singer
• Rex Allen, Jr. (born 1947), American singer and son of the above
• Rex Applegate (1914–1998), American military officer
• Rex Armistead (1930–2013), American private detective
• Rex Babin (1962–2012), American political cartoonist
• Rex Baddeley (born 1941), New Zealand cricketer
• Rex Ballard, American cinematographer
• Rex T. Barber (1917–2001), American fighter pilot
• Rex Barnes (born 1959), Canadian politician
• Rex Barnett (born 1938), American politician, and former officer of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
• Rex Barney (1924–1997), American baseball pitcher and announcer
• Rex Barrat (1914–1974), French artist
• Rex Battarbee (1893–1973), Australian artist
• Rex Baxter (born 1936), American golfer
• Rex Beach (1877–1949), American novelist and playwright
• Rex Bell (1903–1962), American actor and politician
• Rex M. Best, American soap opera writer
• Rex Black (born 1964), American author, software engineer and entrepreneur
• Rex Brandt (1914–2000), American artist and educator
• Rex Brasher (1869–1960), American painter
• Rex Briggs (born 1971), American author, analyst and researcher
• Rex Brothers (born 1987), American baseball player
• Rex Brown (born 1964), bassist of heavy metal band Pantera
• Rex Burkhead (born 1990), American football player
• Rex Caldwell (born 1950), American golfer
• Rex Carroll, American guitarist
• Rex L. Carter (1925–2014), American lawyer and politician
• Rex Cauble (1913–2003), American banker, businessman, rancher and real estate agent
• Rex Cecil (1916–1966), American baseball player
• Rex Chapman (born 1967), American basketball player
• Rex Chikoko, Malawian investigative journalist and media analyst
• Rex Clark (1935–1978), Australian army officer
• Rex Cherryman (1897–1928), American stage and screen actor
• Rex Vicat Cole (1870–1940), English painter
• Rex Collinge (born 1935), English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer
• Rex Connor (1907–1977), Australian politician
• Rex Cramphorn (1941–1991), Australian theatre director, costume designer, theatre critic, theorist and translator
• Rex Crawford (1932–2022), Canadian farmer and politician
• Rex M. Cunningham (1907–1969), American politician and World War II veteran
• Rex Davis (1890–1951), English soldier, silent film actor and sportsman
• Rex D. Davis (1924–2008), American federal law enforcement officer
• Rex Dallas (born 1938), Australian country musician, singer, songwriter, yodeler and bush balladeer
• Rex Damschroder (born 1950), American politician
• Rex De Garis (1896–1967), Australian footballer
• Rex de Silva (1918–2005), Ceylonese aviator
• Rex Dockery (1942–1983), American football player and coach
• Rex Downing (1925–2020), American child actor
• Rex Eisen né Tod Rex Salvador, ex-guitarist of Murderdolls, Static-X and Dope
• Rex Ellsworth (1907–1997), American Thoroughbred racehorse breeder
• Rex Enright (1901–1960), American football and basketball player, coach and college athletics administrator
• Rex Everhart (1920–2000), American actor
• Rex Fell (1944/1945–2016), New Zealand thoroughbred horse breeder
• Rex Forehand (born 1945), American psychologist
• Rex Forrester (1928–2001), New Zealand hunting and fishing specialist
• Rex Frederick (born 1936), American basketball coach and player
• Rex Garrod (1943–2019), English inventor and roboteer
• Rex Garvin (1940–2013), American instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
• Rex Gatchalian (born 1979), Filipino politician
• Rex Geard (1927–1982), Australian footballer
• Rex Geveden (born 1962), American businessman, CEO of BWX Technologies
• Rex Gibson (1932–2005), English academic writer
• Rex Gildo (1939–1999), German singer
• Rex Goh (born 1951), Singaporean-Australian guitarist
• Rex Goreleigh (1902–1986), American painter, educator
• Rex Goudie (born 1985), Canadian singer and 2005 Canadian Idol runner-up
• Rex Griffin (1912–1959), American singer-songwriter
• Rex Grossman (born 1980), American football player
• Rex Grossman Sr. (1924–1980), American football player
• Rex Hadnot (born 1982), American football player
• Rex Harrison (1908–1990), British actor
• Rex Hartwig (1929–2022), Australian tennis player
• Rex Harvey (1946–2019), American decathlete and engineer
• Rex Hazlewood (disambiguation), several people
• Rex Hillier (born 1956), Canadian politician
• Rex Hobcroft (1925–2013), Australian pianist and music administrator
• Rex Hudler (born 1960), American baseball player
• Rex Hughes, American basketball coach
• Rex Humbard (1919–2007), American television evangelist
• Rex Hunt (born 1949), Australian television and radio personality and former football player
• Rex Hunt (diplomat) (1926–2012), British diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1980 to 1985
• Rex Ingamells (1913–1955), Australian poet
• Rex Ingram (disambiguation), several people
• Rex Jackson (1928–2011), Australian politician
• Rex Jameson (1924–1983), English comedian and drag queen
• Rex Lee Jim (born 1962), Native American politician
• Rex Job (1910–1999), Australian footballer
• Rex Johns (1935–2009), Australian footballer
• Rex Johnston (1937–2019), American baseball player
• Rex Jung, American psychologist
• Rex Kalamian, American basketball coach
• Rex Keeling (1943–2010), American football player
• Rex Kern (born 1949), American football player
• Rex Kieffer Jr. (1929–2001), American politician
• Rex Kilpatrick (1881–1955), American football player and investment banker
• Rex King-Clark (1913–2007), English soldier, pilot, racer, photographer, author, and diarist
• Rex Kirton, New Zealand politician
• Rex Kodippili (1938–2023), Sri Lankan film actor and producer
• Rex Lassalle (born 1945), Trinidadian alternative medicine practitioner and former lieutenant
• Rex Lawson (1938–1971), Nigerian singer, trumpeter and bandleader
• Rex Layne (1928–2000), American heavyweight boxer
• Rex Lease (1903–1966), American actor
• Rex Lee (disambiguation), several people
• Rex Lewis-Clack (born 1995), American pianist and musical prodigy
• Rex Liddy (born 1992), Australian football player
• Rex Linn (born 1956), American actor
• Rex Makin (1925–2017), English solicitor and philanthropist from Liverpool
• Rex Marshall (1919–1983), American actor, television announcer and radio personality
• Rex Distin Martienssen (1905–1942), South African architect
• Rex Mason (1885–1975), New Zealand politician
• Rex Maughan (1936–2021), the founder, president and CEO of Forever Living Products and Terry Labs
• Rex McCandless (1915–1992), Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• Rex McDougall (1878–1933), English stage and film actor
• Rex McGill (born 1949), New Zealand cricketer
• Rex Morgan (disambiguation), several people
• Rex Mossop (1928–2011), Australian rugby player
• Rex Murphy (1947–2024), Canadian commentator
• Rex Nan Kivell (1898–1977), New Zealand-born British art collector
• Rex Navarrete (born 1969), Filipino American comedian
• Rex Neame (1936–2008), English cricketer and brewer
• Rex Nelon (1932–2000), American southern gospel musician
• Rex Nelson, American college sports broadcaster, columnist, reporter, author, political appointee and chronicler of Arkansas history
• Rex Nettleford (1933–2010), Jamaican scholar
• Rex Newmark (born 1984), British television personality
• Rex Norris (disambiguation), several people
• Rex Nutting, American journalist, economist and columnist
• Rex Ogle, American author
• Rex O'Malley (1901–1976), English actor
• Rex Omar, Ghanaian musician
• Rex Orr (1923–2011), New Zealand rugby player
• Rex Paterson (1902–1978), British agriculturalist
• Rex Patrick (born 1967), Australian politician
• Rex Patterson (1927–2016), Australian politician
• Rex Paul (born 1945), real name of Guyanese-born American radio journalist Kojo Nnamdi
• Rex Pemberton (born 1983), Australian extreme sport athlete and motivational speaker
• Rex R. Perschbacher (1946–2018), American law professor
• Rex Piano, American film director, screenwriter, TV actor and producer
• Rex Pickett, American novelist and filmmaker
• Rex Pierson (1891–1948), English aircraft designer
• Rex Pilbeam (1907–1999), Australian politician
• Rex Rabanye (1944–2010), South African jazz fusion and soulful pop musician
• Rex Rammell (born 1961), American politician and veterinarian
• Rex Ray (1956–2015), American graphic designer
• Rex Reason (1928–2015), American actor
• Rex Reed (born 1938), American journalist and film critic
• Rex Richardson (born 1983), American politician
• Rex Rienits (1909–1971), Australian writer
• Rex M. Rogers (born 1952), American author, broadcaster and televangelist
• Rex Rudicel (1912–2000), American basketball player
• Rex Ryan (born 1962), American football coach
• Rex Salas (born 1962), American record producer, songwriter, musical director and music arranger
• Rex Sanders (1922–2017), English military aviator
• Rex Shelley (1930–2009), Singaporean author
• Rex Sinquefield (born 1944), American businessman, investor and philanthropist
• Rex Slinkard (1887–1918), American painter and teacher
• Rex Smith (disambiguation), several people
• Rex Wakely Smith (1930–2013), South African rally driver and philatelist
• Rex Solomon (born 1966), American jewelry store owner and former capella directory publisher
• Rex Stewart (1907–1967), American jazz cornetist
• Rex Stout (1886–1975), American author
• Rex Taylor (1889–1968), American screenwriter
• Rex Terp (born 1970), Australian rugby player
• Rex Terry (1888–1964), American banker and politician
• Rex Tillerson (born 1952), 69th United States Secretary of State
• Rex Tilley (1929–2016), English footballer
• Rex Townley (1904–1982), Australian politician
• Rex Trailer (1928–2013), American television personality, broadcast pioneer, cowboy and Country and Western recording artist
• Rex Tremlett (1903–1986), British-South African mining engineer and journalist
• Rex Tso (born 1987), Hong Kong super-flyweight boxer
• Rex Tucker (1913–1996), British television director in the 1950s and 1960s
• Rex Tucker (American football) (born 1976), American football player
• Rex Varghese, Indian bodybuilder
• Rex Vijayan (born 1983), Indian composer, guitarist, singer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist
• Rex A. Wade (born 1936), American historian and author
• Rex Wailes (1901–1986), English engineer and historian on aspects of engineering history
• Rex Walheim (born 1962), American astronaut
• Rex E. Wallace (born 1952), American linguist and classical scholar
• Rex Walters (born 1970), American basketball player and coach
• Rex Warner (1905–1986), English classicist, writer and translator
• Rex Weyler (born 1947), American-Canadian author, journalist and ecologist
• Rex Whistler (1905–1944), English painter, designer and illustrator
• Rex White (born 1929), American race car driver
• Rex Marion Whitton (1898–1981), American federal highway administrator
• Rex Williams (disambiguation), several people
• Rex Willis (1924–2000), Welsh rugby player
• Rex Wilson (born 1960), New Zealand long-distance runner
• Rex Winsbury (1935–2015), English journalist and author
• Rex Yeatman (1919–1995), English cricketer
• Rex Yetman (1933–2009), Canadian musician
• Rex Ziak, American writer, historian, tour guide and documentarian