Elton John blasts his parents for giving him a ‘s – – t’ birth name: ‘I hated it’

nypost.com:

“I’m Still Standing” singer, 77, spoke about his given name during an appearance Tuesday night on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” “You weren’t always Elton John,” host Stephen Colbert mentioned during their chat. “You were born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, which is also a lovely name.”John did not agree. “It’s a s – – t name,” he told the late-night host.“Agree to disagree,” Colbert replied.The Grammy winner, however, explained why he still can’t make sense of the name choice made by his parents, Stanley and Sheila Eileen Dwight.“Who the hell calls their — a little baby; a little baby? ‘Reginald, oh Reginald,'” he asked, befuddled.

John, who recently revealed he lost his eyesight after an infection, went on to provide some context to the origins of his birth name. “I was named after my mum’s brother because she wanted to call me Raymond, but my father disagreed so they had a huge argument — which wasn’t unusual — and I became Reginald and I hated it,” he said.

And though “Reginald” could be swapped for the somewhat cooler sobriquet “Reggie,” John didn’t feel that the nickname was any better, telling Colbert that while there were many famous “Reggies” in the US, it was not a popular name in the UK.

Plus, “Reggie” still wouldn’t have been his actual name.“It wasn’t ‘Reggie,’ it was Reginald,” he continued. “Like, who the hell?