Regena
Feminine · “queen”
Regina is one of very few Latin titles English uses as a plain name. It means queen, it appears after the monarch's name on every British coin, and it is also one of the oldest titles given to the Virgin — and English-speaking families give it to children without any of that being remarked on.
How old is the name Regena?
Regena first appears in US birth records in 1904 — 121 years ago. The typical Regena alive today was born around 1957, making them about 68 years old. About 2,000 people named Regena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Regena most popular?
Regena peaked in 1948, reaching #939 nationally. See the whole 1948 chart.
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Where it comes from
From regina to Regena
The story of Regena
Most Latin words that became names came through a saint or a family: Clara, Felix, Victor, Beatrix. This one came through a phrase. Regina Caeli, queen of heaven, is one of the four Marian antiphons and has been sung in Latin for a thousand years, and Salve Regina is another; Catholic families across Europe took the word from those. Separately, English constitutional practice put it on coins and court documents after the sovereign's name, so that a British Regina is also a legal abstraction. The e spelling in Regena is an American variation on a vowel that is unstressed and therefore free.
Meaning
queen
The Latin regina is the feminine of rex. It is a common noun and a title rather than a personal name, which is what makes its use as one unusual.
How the name formed
- regina
- Regina
- Regena
Related forms: Regina · Regina · Regina
Pronouncing Regena
ruh-JEE-nuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. Latin, Italian and German all say it with a hard g, ray-GEE-nah, which English does not.
Nicknames for Regena
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1904
- Most girls named
- 194885 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #939reached in 1948
- Change vs 2000
- +33.3%8 in 2008, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Regena in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Regina in Italian — same name
- Regina in German — same name
- Regina in Polish — same name
Regenas among us
people named Regena are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Regena sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is a standing name across Italy, Germany and Poland.
- The meaning is one word, entirely settled, and easy to explain.
- It carries several short forms with quite different characters.
- Regina is the standard spelling and will be written instead.
- The g is hard in every language but English, so the name is said two very different ways.
- It means queen, which is a large thing to hand a child.
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- How many Regenas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Regena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Regena in 2025?
- Regena is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Regena with classmates?
- Regena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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