Regina (name)

Regina is a Late Latin feminine name and surname meaning "queen" from the Latin, Italian and Romanian word meaning the same.

Given name

Musical artists

• Regina (Slovenian singer) (born 1965), Slovenian singer
• Regina Belle (born 1963), American singer
• Regina Richards (born 1954), American singer
• Regina Resnik (1922–2013), American operatic singer
• Regina Carter (born 1966), American jazz violinist
• Regina "Queen" Saraiva (born 1978), Brazilian musician
• Regina Spektor (born 1980), Russian-American singer-songwriter
• Regina Todorenko (born 1990), Ukrainian singer and television presenter

Actors

• Régina Badet (1876–1949), French actress and dancer
• Regina King (born 1971), American actress
• Regina Hall (born 1970), American actress
• Regina Taylor (born 1960), American actress
• Regina Cassandra (born 1988), Indian film actress

Athletes

• Regina Joyce (born 1957), Irish long-distance runner
• Regina Halmich (born 1976), German boxer
• Regina Kulikova (born 1989), Russian tennis player

Politicians

• Regina Asamany (born 1927), Ghanaian politician
• Regīna Ločmele-Luņova (born 1966), Latvian politician
• Regina Ip (born 1950), Hong Kong politician
• Regina Weiss, American politician

Other professions

• Regina Anderson (1901–1993), American writer
• Regina Barzilay (born 1971), Israeli computer scientist
• Regina Brett (born 1956), American journalist
• Regina Benjamin (born 1956), American physician and U.S. Surgeon General
• Regīna Ezera (1930–2002), Latvian writer
• Regina Jonas (1902–1944), German, the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi
• Regina Lopez (1953–2019), Filipina environmentalist and philanthropist known as Gina Lopez
• Regina Margareten (1863–1959), Hungarian businesswoman
• Regina Martínez Pérez (1963–2012), Mexican journalist
• Regina Moran, Irish engineer and business executive
• Regina Narva (born 1970), Estonian chess player
• Regina Podstanická (1928–2000), Slovak astronomer
• Regina (concubine), 8th century French concubine of Charlemagne
• Regina (martyr), 3rd-century French martyr
• Regina Basilier (1572–1631), German-Swedish merchant banker
• Regina Protmann (1552–1613), Prussian nun
• Regina von Siebold (1771–1849), German physician and obstetrician

Fictional characters

• Regina, in the video games Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2
• Regina Curtis, in Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
• Regina George, in the movie Mean Girls
• Regina Grier, on the sitcom The Steve Harvey Show
• Regina Linetti, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Regina Mills, a main character in the series Once Upon a Time
• Regina Phalange, an alias of Phoebe Buffay in the television series Friends
• Regina "Reggie" Rocket, in the American animated series Rocket Power
• Regina Vasquez, in the series Switched at Birth
• Regina, in the Spanish film Volver

Family name

• Elis Regina (1945–1982), Brazilian singer

See also

• Regina (disambiguation)
• Regine
• Gina (given name)