girl's name
Régine
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- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Births on record 64,525
Régine means queen, and it completes a set — Rex is the Latin nominative, Regis the genitive, Régine the feminine, and all three are large enough to hold their own page on this site.
- Régine is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1957, when 2,440 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Régine over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2021, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 1,125 |
| 1910s | 1,245 |
| 1920s | 3,890 |
| 1930s | 6,040 |
| 1940s | 11,035 |
| 1950s | 21,930 |
| 1960s | 14,400 |
| 1970s | 2,775 |
| 1980s | 490 |
| 1990s | 80 |
| 2000s | 50 |
| 2020s (to 2021) | 5 |
What Régine means
Régine means queen. The Latin regina is the feminine of rex, a king, so the name states a rank directly rather than describing a quality of the person.
Where Régine comes from
Régine is the French form of the Latin Regina, queen — the feminine of rex, from a root that also gives the Sanskrit raja and the Irish rí. Regina is a title of the Virgin Mary in Catholic devotion, which is how a Roman word for a ruling woman became a Christian given name. British prosecutions are brought as Regina against the defendant under a queen and Rex under a king, so the same word appears in court records twice over.
Régine in use
Régine peaked in France in 1957, when 2,440 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It charts in none of the six markets we track in the most recent year, despite 64,453 lifetime births. Every one of those births is French — it is one of the few names on this site recorded in a single market across its whole history.
How popular is Régine?
In 2021, Régine was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.
Where Régine is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Régine is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Regine | Regine is how Régine is written in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #1,708 in France, against #5,573 for Régine. | 1,465 |
Names that peaked alongside Régine
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Régine also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Régine over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Régine in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Régine
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Régine — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Régine
What does the name Régine mean?
Queen — the Latin regina, feminine of rex.
Is it related to Rex?
Directly. Rex, Regis and Régine are the same Latin word as nominative, genitive and feminine.
Why do British court cases say Regina?
Prosecutions are brought in the monarch's name — Regina under a queen, Rex under a king.
Where is Régine used?
France, and only France. Every birth in our records is French.
Is Régine a girl's or a boy's name?
Régine is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Régine most popular?
Régine peaked in 1957, when 2,440 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.