Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
The name draws on Latin régula, meaning “rule”.
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 3rd-century saint.
Regula’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Regula
- Philothei of AthensGreek saint1522–1589
- Regula RytzSwiss politicianborn 1962
- Regula MühlemannSwiss sopranoborn 1986
- Regula TschumiSwiss ethnologistborn 1957
- Regula EngelSwiss writer (1761-1853)
- Regula AebiSwiss sprinterborn 1965
- Regula Frei-StolbaSwiss historian, epigraphist, numismatist and politicianborn 1940
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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