SOURCE RECORD
The record for Regis
Regis is recorded as an English given name, while the accented French Régis has a documented surname and saint-name history. One exact-form example is Regis Philbin, whose name was connected with the school his father attended.
Such a documented naming event shows a particular commemorative route rather than proving every Regis shares it. The French account associates the surname with an Occitan ruler word. That deeper interpretation needs exact-form editorial review before being generalized.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name.
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 Regis
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
Vico Sotto
Filipino politician; mayor of Pasig City since 2019
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
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Vico Sotto
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Regis 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 Regis
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
- Reggie♂Diminutive of Reginald
- Regina♀Queen
- Regine♀German and Norwegian Regina: queen
- Remus·Roman legendary twin-name, possibly related to twin
- Rea·Variant of Rhea or short form of Andrea
- Reagan♂♀From Ó Riagáin, “descendant of Riagán”
- Reina♀Queen in Spanish; pure in a separate Yiddish account
- Remigio♂Form of Remigius; oarsman
What rhymes with Regis?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Regis further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q14778919 — Regis (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Vico Sotto (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q14778919 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Regis (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Régis (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Regis High School — Regis Magazine, Summer 2020 (opens in a new tab)
The school publication’s alumni notes record Regis Francis Xavier Philbin’s name and report the connection with his father’s school. PDF fetched HTTP200 and actual text read; this is one naming example, not a general exact-form etymology.