Regina is a Late Latin feminine name meaning "queen" from the Latin, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian word meaning the same. Regina was the name of an early Christian saint.

Variant forms include: Queenie (English) Raina, Rayna, Raya (Bulgarian) Régine (French) Ρήγαινα (Rigena, Regena), Ρεγγίνα,(Regina), Βασίλισσα (Vasilissa) (Greek) Regine (German/Norwegian) Ríona, Ríonach (Irish) Reina (Spanish)

Notable people Regina (freedwoman) (2nd-century), a Romano-British woman known from her tombstone at South Shields, UK. Regina Askia-Williams (born 1967), Nigerian actress and model Régina Badet (1876–1949), French actress and dancer Regina Belle (born 1963), American singer-songwriter Regina Benjamin (born 1956), American physician Regina de Jesús Betancourt Ramírez (born 1936), known to her followers as Regina 11, Colombian self-described mystic, faith healer, mentalist and psychic Regina Bianchi (1921–2013), Italian actress Regina Casé (born 1954), Brazilian actress, screenwriter, director, producer and television presenter Regina Marie Cuttita (), stage name Regina (American singer), American pop singer Regīna Ezera (1930–2002), Latvian author Regina Frank (born 1965), German textile artist Regina Fryxell (1899–1993), American educator and musician Regina Chistyakova (born 1961), Lithuanian distance runner Regina George (sprinter) (born 1991), American-born Nigerian sprinter Regina Gwynn (born 1979), American tech entrepreneur Regina Honu, Ghanaian social entrepreneur and software developer Regina José Galindo (born 1974), Guatemalan performance artist Regina Kalinichenko (born 1985), Ukrainian and Russian handballer Regina Kapeller-Adler (1900–1991), Austrian biochemist Regina Khayatt (1881–?), Egyptian educator, philanthropist, feminist, suffragist and temperance worker Regina King, (born 1971), American actress and director Regina Kittler (born 1955), German politician Regina Kodymová-Jirkalová (born 1966), Czech sports shooter Regina Kopp-Herr (born 1957), German politician Regina de Lamo (1870–1947), Spanish intellectual Regina Lesoma, South African politician Regina Leung (born 1957), Hong Kong solicitor Regina Louise (born 1963), American author, child advocate and motivational speaker Regina M. Anderson (1901–1993), American playwright and librarian Regina Maršíková (born 1958), Czech tennis player Regina Martínez Pérez (1963–2012), Mexican journalist

Regina Quintanilha (1893–1967), Portuguese lawyer Regina Rajchrtová (born 1968), Czech tennis player Regina Resnik (1922–2013), American opera singer Regina Shotaro (born 1981), Micronesian sprinter Regina Spektor (born 1980), Russian-born American singer Regina Uchoa (born 1959), Brazilian volleyball player Regina Veloso (1939–2024), was a Portuguese swimmer Regina von Habsburg (1925–2010), German-born Austrian social worker Regina Washington, American public health professional, activist and researcher

See also

Reginald

References

External links Regina – Baby Girl Name Meaning and Origin at Oh Baby! Names