Regina (given name)

'''Regina''' is a Late Latin feminine name meaning "queen" from the Latin, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian word meaning the same.<ref name=Ri>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/r/origin-and-meaning-of-regina.htm|title=MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Regina|accessdate=21 April 2013}}</ref> Regina was the name of an early Christian saint. {{Infobox name | name = Regina | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|'|r|I|dZ|i|n|@}} | gender = Female | language = European | masculine = Reginald | languageorigin = Latin | origin = Latin: ''regina'' | meaning = "queen" | region = Italy | shortform = Gina | nickname = Reggie | related names = Regine, Reginald | footnotes = <ref name=Ri/><ref name=Re/> }}

Variant forms include:<ref name=Re>{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/regina|title=Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Regina|accessdate=21 April 2013}}</ref> * 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 ({{fl.|1978–1993}}), 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 Gorman, Irish camogie player *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 == {{Wiktionary|Regina}} * Reginald * Regina (disambiguation)

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== External links == * [http://www.ohbabynames.com/meaning/name/regina/899 Regina – Baby Girl Name Meaning and Origin at Oh Baby! Names]

Category:Feminine given names Category:Italian feminine given names