Regina (given name) explained
Regina is a Late Latin feminine name meaning "queen" from the Latin, Italian and Romanian word meaning the same.[1] Regina was the name of an early Christian saint.
Variant forms include:[2]
Notable people
- Regina (American singer), American pop singer
- Regina 11 (born 1936), Colombian self-described mystic, faith healer, mentalist and psychic
- 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 Bianchi (1921–2013), Italian actress
- Regina Casé (born 1954), Brazilian actress, screenwriter, director, producer and television presenter
- Regina de Lamo (1870–1947), Spanish intellectual
- Regīna Ezera (1930–2002), Latvian author
- 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 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 Kodymová-Jirkalová (born 1966), Czech sports shooter
- 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 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 von Habsburg (1925–2010), German-born Austrian social worker
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Regina. 21 April 2013.
- Web site: Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Regina. 21 April 2013.
