Given name & surname
Regine
“one who is artistic”
Regine is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “one who is artistic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one who is artistic.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Regine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,388
- 0 boys · 1,388 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 174 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 174 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,468 as a first name in 2020; 137 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Regine’s family of names
In German usage, Regine has a related form in Regina. In Danish usage, Regine has a conventional equivalent in the English form Regina. Regine has a related form in Regean.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Regine has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Reginavariant · German, English
- Reginnelikely variant
- Regynevariant
- Regynvariant
- Regienevariant
- Regienvariant
- Regeinevariant
- Regeinvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Regine
- Regine VelasquezFilipina singer and actress (born 1970)
- Regine HeitzerAustrian figure skaterborn 1944
- Regine OlsenSøren Kierkegaard's fiancée (1822–1904)
- Regine HildebrandtGerman biologist and politician (1941–2001)
- Regine MösenlechnerGerman alpine skierborn 1961
- Regine NormannNorwegian author1867–1939
- Regine BergBelgian sprinterborn 1958
- Regine Tugadefemale sprinter from Guamborn 1998
- Regine SauterSwiss politicianborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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