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Regina
Say it: reh-JEE-nuh
Meaning
Latin regina 'queen'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Attested on a Roman tombstone from South Shields in Britain, and later kept in use by the Marian title Regina Coeli.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1960s
In the United States
- 180,516 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1967, about 1 in 378 girls
- 703 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
LatinEarly ChristianGermanPolishItalianAmericanMexicanBrazilian
The family of the name
| Italian | Regina |
|---|---|
| German | Regina |
| Polish | Regina |
| Spanish | Regina |
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Where this comes from
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.