Regina Forename
308th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,018,799 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Palau
Regina Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin regina ‘queen'. Sometimes used as a christian name in the Middle Ages, probably with reference to the Blessed Virgin as Queen of Heaven. Regina and Reina occur in 13th-C Latin records. The spoken version of the name was probably the French Reine.
Read More About This ForenameRegina Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 96% | 274,671 | 1:780 | 117 |
| Germany | 100% | 273,361 | 1:354 | 104 |
| United States | 100% | 243,012 | 1:1,492 | 314 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 144,057 | 1:1,233 | 217 |
| Russia | 100% | 116,699 | 1:1,236 | 135 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 115,112 | 1:459 | 73 |
| Uganda | 100% | 70,328 | 1:582 | 111 |
| Philippines | 99% | 70,092 | 1:1,512 | 309 |
| Ghana | 100% | 53,320 | 1:506 | 120 |
| Angola | 100% | 42,108 | 1:640 | 127 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 37,424 | 1:6,893 | 908 |
| Kenya | 100% | 36,803 | 1:1,258 | 247 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 36,685 | 1:80 | 10 |
| Zambia | - | 35,433 | 1:447 | 91 |
| Mexico | 100% | 30,856 | 1:4,023 | 506 |
| Malawi | 100% | 28,894 | 1:592 | 127 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 27,765 | 1:416 | 101 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 24,270 | 1:636 | 99 |
| Austria | 100% | 20,859 | 1:408 | 107 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 20,667 | 1:1,046 | 208 |
| South Africa | 100% | 20,555 | 1:2,653 | 458 |
| Mozambique | - | 19,680 | 1:1,384 | 316 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 15,549 | 1:524 | 56 |
| Sudan | 100% | 11,899 | 1:3,177 | 550 |
| Peru | 100% | 11,719 | 1:2,713 | 489 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 11,490 | 1:6,425 | 751 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 11,470 | 1:2,684 | 551 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10,967 | 1:3,900 | 386 |
| Italy | 100% | 10,864 | 1:5,621 | 475 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 9,295 | 1:884 | 194 |
| Poland | 100% | 9,000 | 1:4,225 | 286 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 8,744 | 1:811 | 188 |
| Spain | 100% | 7,792 | 1:5,972 | 550 |
| Colombia | 98% | 7,291 | 1:6,553 | 689 |
| Latvia | 100% | 7,258 | 1:278 | 73 |
| Portugal | - | 6,798 | 1:1,531 | 195 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 6,510 | 1:2,726 | 425 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6,245 | 1:2,579 | 407 |
| Chile | 100% | 6,172 | 1:2,853 | 368 |
| Liberia | 99% | 5,568 | 1:792 | 150 |
| India | 100% | 5,367 | 1:226,361 | 22,801 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 5,271 | 1:3,207 | 565 |
| Hungary | 100% | 5,014 | 1:1,953 | 179 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,819 | 1:6,876 | 948 |
| Israel | 100% | 4,569 | 1:1,839 | 388 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 4,551 | 1:2,329 | 484 |
| England | 100% | 4,391 | 1:12,663 | 937 |
| Namibia | - | 4,359 | 1:552 | 100 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4,093 | 1:7,379 | 850 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 3,615 | 1:8,423 | 977 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 3,138 | 1:2,306 | 471 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,729 | 1:4,210 | 693 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2,661 | 1:1,996 | 216 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,659 | 1:4,277 | 808 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,607 | 1:4,001 | 612 |
| Benin | 100% | 2,369 | 1:4,464 | 785 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,310 | 1:2,010 | 305 |
| Tajikistan | 99% | 2,249 | 1:3,724 | 603 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2,196 | 1:4,853 | 335 |
| Cuba | - | 2,179 | 1:5,281 | 566 |
| Australia | - | 2,007 | 1:6,805 | 783 |
| Belarus | 99% | 1,991 | 1:4,763 | 194 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1,719 | 1:10,692 | 1,124 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,698 | 1:10,440 | 836 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,635 | 1:3,064 | 504 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,385 | 1:4,579 | 491 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,377 | 1:6,403 | 766 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,340 | 1:22,994 | 3,005 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,297 | 1:7,601 | 733 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1,133 | 1:1,161 | 276 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,015 | 1:5,929 | 798 |
| Chad | 100% | 989 | 1:13,750 | 2,154 |
| Egypt | 100% | 954 | 1:96,332 | 4,476 |
| Haiti | 100% | 927 | 1:11,572 | 1,183 |
| Panama | 100% | 905 | 1:4,317 | 776 |
| France | 100% | 744 | 1:89,342 | 2,088 |
| Thailand | 100% | 726 | 1:96,509 | 8,272 |
| Finland | 100% | 679 | 1:8,075 | 736 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 661 | 1:8,280 | 480 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 659 | 1:882 | 171 |
| Romania | 100% | 591 | 1:33,929 | 2,156 |
| Singapore | 100% | 559 | 1:11,247 | 2,347 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Denmark | - | 530 | 1:10,659 | 881 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 510 | 1:4,821 | 608 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 500 | 1:46,152 | 3,488 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 471 | 1:12,682 | 1,785 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 468 | 1:7,324 | 620 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Palau | - | 410 | 1:53 | 18 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 402 | 1:5,075 | 771 |
| Croatia | 100% | 388 | 1:10,869 | 824 |
| New Zealand | - | 381 | 1:11,906 | 1,171 |
| Suriname | 100% | 378 | 1:1,462 | 325 |
| Iran | 100% | 365 | 1:215,060 | 3,807 |
| Vanuatu | - | 345 | 1:759 | 206 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 338 | 1:14,106 | 1,143 |
| Armenia | 100% | 330 | 1:8,845 | 809 |
| Hong Kong | - | 328 | 1:23,636 | 2,179 |
| Gabon | 100% | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Norway | 100% | 320 | 1:16,039 | 1,076 |
| China | - | 303 | 1:4,508,435 | 53,325 |
| Cape Verde | - | 299 | 1:1,770 | 300 |
| Fiji | - | 288 | 1:3,099 | 856 |
| Guyana | 100% | 283 | 1:2,697 | 532 |
| Greece | 100% | 255 | 1:42,881 | 1,573 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 251 | 1:1,895 | 157 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 250 | 1:95,079 | 11,500 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 244 | 1:787 | 126 |
| Bahrain | - | 237 | 1:5,691 | 904 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Jamaica | - | 218 | 1:13,226 | 1,328 |
| Serbia | 100% | 202 | 1:35,375 | 1,711 |
| Moldova | 100% | 197 | 1:18,077 | 606 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 187 | 1:7,280 | 1,163 |
| Albania | 100% | 167 | 1:18,243 | 2,409 |
| Wales | 100% | 165 | 1:18,753 | 1,083 |
| Bulgaria | 99% | 163 | 1:42,886 | 2,304 |
| Botswana | 100% | 158 | 1:13,826 | 1,833 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 157 | 1:3,593 | 447 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 155 | 1:62,213 | 3,511 |
| Senegal | 100% | 150 | 1:97,209 | 2,806 |
| Scotland | 100% | 149 | 1:35,908 | 1,316 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 146 | 1:38,545 | 2,091 |
| Georgia | 100% | 145 | 1:25,783 | 1,638 |
| Japan | - | 141 | 1:907,703 | 14,433 |
| Guam | - | 136 | 1:1,181 | 267 |
| Aruba | - | 134 | 1:774 | 138 |
| Belize | 100% | 122 | 1:2,904 | 669 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 111 | 1:293,906 | 6,348 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 111 | 1:64,432 | 5,619 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 91 | 1:20,254 | 985 |
| French Polynesia | - | 86 | 1:3,231 | 629 |
| Bahamas | - | 79 | 1:5,055 | 794 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 76 | 1:2,340 | 438 |
| Mauritius | - | 74 | 1:17,538 | 1,827 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 72 | 1:759 | 145 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 71 | 1:1,305 | 317 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 69 | 1:3,915 | 602 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Andorra | - | 63 | 1:1,316 | 186 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 57 | 1:61,833 | 2,495 |
| Barbados | - | 53 | 1:5,468 | 794 |
| Brunei | - | 52 | 1:8,069 | 674 |
| South Korea | - | 52 | 1:106,623 | 5,306 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 49 | 1:23,218 | 211 |
| Qatar | 93% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Guinea | 100% | 45 | 1:263,525 | 2,687 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 45 | 1:841 | 186 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 45 | 1:2,439 | 488 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:1,281 | 172 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 37 | 1:1,657 | 387 |
| Iceland | - | 28 | 1:13,072 | 1,067 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 27 | 1:131,493 | 2,148 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 26 | 1:7,475,295 | 61,186 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Turkey | 100% | 20 | 1:3,890,085 | 19,888 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 17 | 1:122,986 | 5,223 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Grenada | 100% | 15 | 1:7,208 | 1,050 |
| Vietnam | - | 15 | 1:6,174,874 | 3,722 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Ukraine | - | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Nepal | - | 11 | 1:2,589,759 | 36,665 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 10 | 1:24,342 | 1,204 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| Jordan | 100% | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Kosovo | - | 10 | 1:186,144 | 7,603 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Micronesia | - | 9 | 1:11,833 | 566 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,464 | 919 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Monaco | - | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
The alternate forms: Régina (543), Regína (536) & Règina (265) are calculated separately.
Regina (34,504) may also be a surname.
Regina Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin regina ‘queen'. Sometimes used as a christian name in the Middle Ages, probably with reference to the Blessed Virgin as Queen of Heaven. Regina and Reina occur in 13th-C Latin records. The spoken version of the name was probably the French Reine. Regina has continued to be used in Germany and was occasionally revived in England in the 19th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Direct from Latin, where it means ‘queen’, as some of those born since the death of Victoria Regina may need reminding. It shows signs of incipient decay.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name, probably signifying queen (L. ) Arthur translates it ‘queenlike.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine) - Queen.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Queen. (Teutonic) Purity: purified.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Regina Forename Popularity
Regina Demographics
Regina Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 4,739 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Regina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Regina in the Russian language | ||
| Регина | regina | - |
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