Name profile

Regina

feminine

88First-name usabilityWorkable with minor friction

Evidence coverageHigh

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Directly from the Latin (and Italian) word regina, meaning 'queen.' The name has been used as a Christian given name since early times, borne by a 2nd-century saint, and gained further use in medieval England as a tribute to the Virgin Mary, echoing the Marian title Regina Caeli ('Queen of Heaven').

Why it works

English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Distinctive — #395 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Regina means Queen.

Regina means 'queen' directly in Latin and Italian, and has been used as a Christian given name since early times, borne by a 2nd-century saint; in medieval England it gained additional use as a tribute to the Virgin Mary (echoing the Marian title Regina Caeli, 'Queen of Heaven'), and it saw a further revival in the 19th century.

Documented origin: Directly from the Latin (and Italian) word regina, meaning 'queen.' The name has been used as a Christian given name since early times, borne by a 2nd-century saint, and gained further use in medieval England as a tribute to the Virgin Mary, echoing the Marian title Regina Caeli ('Queen of Heaven').

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How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

Englishrih-JEE-nuh — US Englishresearched pronunciation

TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

US English: rih-JEE-nuh (/rɪˈdʒiːnə/)

Popularity without panic

Distinctive — #395 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Recognizable without feeling overused.

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Real-world considerations

Spelling note: Regine.

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Regine

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