Regina is a

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feminine name meaning "queen" from the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

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and

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word meaning the same. Regina was the name of an early Christian saint. Variant forms include: * Queenie ( English) * Raina, Rayna, Raya ( Bulgarian) * Régine ( French) * Ρήγαινα (Rigena, Regena), Ρεγγίνα (Regina) (

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

) * Regine (

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/ Norwegian) * Ríona, Ríonach ( Irish) * Reina (

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Régina Badet Anne Régina Badet (9 October 1876 – 26 October 1949) was a French comedic actress, dancer, and star of the Ópera-Comique de Paris. Career Badet was first dancer with the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in 1890. She began with the Opéra-Comiq ...

(1876–1949), French actress and dancer *

Regina Belle Regina Belle (born July 17, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles "Baby Come to Me (Regina Belle song), Baby Come to Me" (1989) and "Make It Like It Was" (1990), Belle is most notabl ...

(born 1963), American singer-songwriter *

Regina Benjamin Regina Marcia Benjamin (born October 26, 1956) is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Benjamin previously directed a no ...

(born 1956), American physician *Regina de Jesús Betancourt Ramírez (born 1936), known to her followers as

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, Colombian self-described mystic, faith healer, mentalist and psychic *

Regina Bianchi Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theater actors. Forced by the fascist phobia of foreign cultures to change he ...

(1921–2013), Italian actress *

Regina Casé Regina Maria Barreto Casé OMC (born 25 February 1954) is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter, director, producer, and television presenter. Career In 1974, Casé, together with Hamilton Vaz Pereira, Jorge Alberto Soares, Luiz Arthur Peixoto e ...

(born 1954), Brazilian actress, screenwriter, director, producer and television presenter *Regina Marie Cuttita (), stage name

Regina (American singer) Regina Marie Cuttita, also known as Regina Richards or simply Regina, is an American singer born in Brooklyn, New York. She began her career in the late 1970s as the frontwoman of the new wave band Regina Richards and Red Hot. She is perhaps ...

, American pop singer *

Regīna Ezera Regīna Ezera, the pen name of Regīna Šamreto (20 December 1930 – 11 June 2002), was a successful Latvian author of Polish origin who wrote more than 20 novels. A recipient of the Order of the Three Stars, she suffered financially as a result ...

(1930–2002), Latvian author *

Regina Fryxell Regina Fryxell, born Regina Holmén (November 24, 1899 – September 19, 1993) was an American educator and musician. She was most known as a popular and influential composer of Lutheran choir anthems, hymns and liturgical pieces. Biography R ...

(1899–1993), American educator and musician *

Regina Chistyakova Regina Chistyakova (née Nyderytė; born 7 November 1961) is a Lithuanian former distance runner, who competed at distances from 1500 metres up to 10,000 metres. Her highest individual honours were three bronze medals in the 3000 metres at the 1986 ...

(born 1961), Lithuanian distance runner *

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(born 1974), Guatemalan performance artist * Regina Kalinichenko (born 1985), Ukrainian and Russian handballer *

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(1900–1991), Austrian biochemist *

Regina Khayatt Regina Khayatt (, Wissa; 1881–1942) was an Egyptian educator, philanthropist, feminist, suffragist, and temperance worker. She was the founder and president of the National Woman's Christian Training Center, founder of the Egyptian Young Women's ...

(1881–?), Egyptian educator, philanthropist, feminist, suffragist and temperance worker *

Regina King Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress, director and producer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, ''Time'' magazine named her o ...

, (born 1971), American actress and director * Regina Kodymová-Jirkalová (born 1966), Czech sports shooter * Regina de Lamo (1870–1947), Spanish intellectual * 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 *

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(born 1968), Czech tennis player * Regina Resnik (1922–2013), American opera singer * Regina Shotaro (born 1981), Micronesian sprinter *

Regina Spektor Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (, ; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian Americans, Russian-born American singer, songwriter, and pianist. After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in New York City's Indie music scene, in ...

(born 1980), Russian-born American singer * Regina Uchoa (born 1959), Brazilian volleyball player *

Regina von Habsburg Regina von Habsburg (née Princess Regina Helene Elisabeth Margarete of Saxe-Meiningen; 6 January 1925 – 3 February 2010), also known by the traditional royal title of Archduchess Regina of Austria, was a German-born Austrian social worker. She ...

(1925–2010), German-born Austrian social worker * Regina Washington, American public health professional, activist and researcher

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Regina – Baby Girl Name Meaning and Origin at Oh Baby! Names
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