MEANING & HISTORY
What does Regina mean?
Regina is the Latin word for queen, also retained in Italian. As a Christian personal name it has early saintly associations and a connection with honouring Mary as queen.
These religious uses explain part of its naming history without changing the straightforward lexical meaning. A person named Regina does not need royal ancestry; the word has become a conventional given name. Reginald and Reynaldo may look similar but belong to different historical formations.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ɾeˈd͡ʒina/Standard-Tagalog
- [ɾɛˈd͡ʒiː.n̪ɐ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ɾedˈjina/no palatal assimilation
- [ɾɛd̪ˈjiː.n̪ɐ]no palatal assimilation
Re · gi · na3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗English
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒiːnə/
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒiːnə/given name
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/Canadian
Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Regina, from Latin rēgīna (“queen”). The given name originally referred to the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven.
a female given name from English [in turn from Latin].
Wiktionary: Regina (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Regina, from Latin rēgīna (“queen”). The given name originally referred to the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Regina (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”). The given name originally referred to the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven. The Canadian city was named for Queen Victoria, as suggested by Princess Louise. Doublet of rani.
A female given name from Latin.
Wiktionary: Regina (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Regina
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Loren Legarda
President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines since 2022
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Regine Velasquez
Filipina singer and actress (born 1970)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
5
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Loren Legarda, Regine Velasquez
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Regina in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Regina
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Regine♀German and Norwegian Regina: queen
- Reina♀Queen in Spanish; pure in a separate Yiddish account
- Gina♀Short form of Georgina, Regina, and other -gina names
- Melina·Elaborated Mel; a Greek honey connection is documented
- Rina♀Short form of names ending in rina
- Robina♀Feminine form of Robin
- Rufina♀Reddish, through the Roman Rufus family
- Adelina♀Affectionate form in the Adela family; noble
What rhymes with Regina?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Regina further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q656698 — Regina (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Loren Legarda (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q656698 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Regine Velasquez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q656698 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Regina (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Regina (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Regina (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Regina (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.