Given name
Queenie
“a woman sovereign”
Queenie is a variant of Queen. One English interpretation is “a woman sovereign.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Queenie is a variant of Queen. One English interpretation is “a woman sovereign.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Queenie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,912
- 0 boys · 3,912 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,685 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,685 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 54.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 70 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,009 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Queenie’s family of names
Queenie has a related form in Queen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Queenie
- Queenie NewallBritish archer1854–1929
- Queenie SmithAmerican actress (1898-1978)
- Queenie LeonardBritish actress (1905–2002)
- Queenie McKenzieAboriginal Australian artist of the Kimberley region of Western Australia (1930-1998)
- Queenie ThomasBritish actress (1898-1977)
- Queenie ChuHong Kong actressborn 1981
- Queenie AshtonAustralian actress (1903–1999)
- Queenie RynjahIndian educationalist
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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