Name profile

Regina

A name meaning "queen".

PronunciationEnglish /ɹɪ.ˈd͡ʒi.nə/; English /ɹɪ.ˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/; German /ʁe.ˈɡiː.na/; Italian /re.ˈd͡ʒi.na/; Spanish /re.ˈxi.na/; Lithuanian /rʲɛ.ɡʲɪ.ˈnɐ/; Polish /rɛ.ˈɡi.na/; Czech /ˈrɛ.ɡɪ.na/; Russian /rʲɪ.ˈɡʲi.nə/; Hungarian /ˈrɛ.ɡi.nɒ/
Usage languagesAncient Roman, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish
US rank (2025)#395

Meaning and history

Regína means “queen” in Latin or Italian. It has been used as a Christian name since early times and was borne by a 2nd-century saint. In England, it was used in the Middle Ages in honor of the Virgin Mary and was later revived in the 19th century. A city in Canada bears this name in honor of Queen Victoria.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 489 births, rank #595
2007: 520 births, rank #578
2008: 444 births, rank #684
2009: 405 births, rank #711
2010: 501 births, rank #585
20112011: 523 births, rank #558
2012: 509 births, rank #575
2013: 503 births, rank #574
2014: 589 births, rank #524
2015: 608 births, rank #515
20162016: 735 births, rank #439
2017: 766 births, rank #416
2018: 762 births, rank #405
2019: 754 births, rank #418
2020: 710 births, rank #432
20212021: 738 births, rank #426
2022: 910 births, rank #349
2023: 940 births, rank #329
2024: 911 births, rank #342
20252025: 786 births, rank #395

Regina moved from #342 to #395 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1962, with 5,002 births.