diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ReservedIdentifierCheck.h b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ReservedIdentifierCheck.h
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ReservedIdentifierCheck.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ReservedIdentifierCheck.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 /// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/reserved-identifier.html
 class ReservedIdentifierCheck final : public RenamerClangTidyCheck {
   const bool Invert;
-  const std::vector<StringRef> AllowedIdentifiers;
+  const std::vector<StringRef> AllowedIdentifiersRaw;
+  const llvm::SmallVector<llvm::Regex> AllowedIdentifiers;
 
 public:
   ReservedIdentifierCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context);
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
                       const SourceManager &SM) const override;
   DiagInfo getDiagInfo(const NamingCheckId &ID,
                        const NamingCheckFailure &Failure) const override;
+  llvm::SmallVector<llvm::Regex> parseAllowedIdentifiers() const;
 };
 
 } // namespace clang::tidy::bugprone
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ReservedIdentifierCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ReservedIdentifierCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ReservedIdentifierCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/ReservedIdentifierCheck.cpp
@@ -39,18 +39,33 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
+llvm::SmallVector<llvm::Regex>
+ReservedIdentifierCheck::parseAllowedIdentifiers() const {
+  llvm::SmallVector<llvm::Regex> AllowedIdentifiers;
+  AllowedIdentifiers.reserve(AllowedIdentifiersRaw.size());
+
+  for (const auto &Identifier : AllowedIdentifiersRaw) {
+    AllowedIdentifiers.emplace_back(Identifier.str());
+    if (!AllowedIdentifiers.back().isValid())
+      configurationDiag("Invalid allowed identifier regex '%0'") << Identifier;
+  }
+
+  return AllowedIdentifiers;
+}
+
 ReservedIdentifierCheck::ReservedIdentifierCheck(StringRef Name,
                                                  ClangTidyContext *Context)
     : RenamerClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
       Invert(Options.get("Invert", false)),
-      AllowedIdentifiers(utils::options::parseStringList(
-          Options.get("AllowedIdentifiers", ""))) {}
+      AllowedIdentifiersRaw(utils::options::parseStringList(
+          Options.get("AllowedIdentifiers", ""))),
+      AllowedIdentifiers(parseAllowedIdentifiers()) {}
 
 void ReservedIdentifierCheck::storeOptions(ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) {
   RenamerClangTidyCheck::storeOptions(Opts);
   Options.store(Opts, "Invert", Invert);
   Options.store(Opts, "AllowedIdentifiers",
-                utils::options::serializeStringList(AllowedIdentifiers));
+                utils::options::serializeStringList(AllowedIdentifiersRaw));
 }
 
 static std::string collapseConsecutive(StringRef Str, char C) {
@@ -108,11 +123,14 @@
 static std::optional<RenamerClangTidyCheck::FailureInfo>
 getFailureInfoImpl(StringRef Name, bool IsInGlobalNamespace,
                    const LangOptions &LangOpts, bool Invert,
-                   ArrayRef<StringRef> AllowedIdentifiers) {
+                   ArrayRef<llvm::Regex> AllowedIdentifiers) {
   assert(!Name.empty());
-  if (llvm::is_contained(AllowedIdentifiers, Name))
-    return std::nullopt;
 
+  if (llvm::any_of(AllowedIdentifiers, [&](const llvm::Regex &Regex) {
+        return Regex.match(Name);
+      })) {
+    return std::nullopt;
+  }
   // TODO: Check for names identical to language keywords, and other names
   // specifically reserved by language standards, e.g. C++ 'zombie names' and C
   // future library directions
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@
   <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/incorrect-roundings>` check by adding support for
   other floating point representations in float constant like ``0.5L``.
 
+- Improved option `AllowedIdentifiers` from :doc:`bugprone-reserved-identifier
+  <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/reserved-identifier>` to support regular
+  expressions.
+
 - Deprecated check-local options `HeaderFileExtensions` and `ImplementationFileExtensions`
   in :doc:`bugprone-suspicious-include
   <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/suspicious-include>` check.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/reserved-identifier.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/reserved-identifier.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/reserved-identifier.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/reserved-identifier.rst
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@
 
 .. option:: AllowedIdentifiers
 
-   Semicolon-separated list of names that the check ignores. Default is an
+   Semicolon-separated list of regular expressions that the check ignores. Default is an
    empty list.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/reserved-identifier-invert.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/reserved-identifier-invert.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/reserved-identifier-invert.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/reserved-identifier-invert.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s bugprone-reserved-identifier %t -- \
 // RUN:   -config='{CheckOptions: [ \
 // RUN:     {key: bugprone-reserved-identifier.Invert, value: true}, \
-// RUN:     {key: bugprone-reserved-identifier.AllowedIdentifiers, value: std;reference_wrapper;ref;cref;type;get}, \
+// RUN:     {key: bugprone-reserved-identifier.AllowedIdentifiers, value: "std;reference_wrapper;^c?ref;type;get"}, \
 // RUN:   ]}' -- \
 // RUN:   -I%S/Inputs/reserved-identifier \
 // RUN:   -isystem %S/Inputs/reserved-identifier/system