Given name & surname
Reina
“a queenly woman”
Reina is a variant of Raina. In Polish use, Raina carries the interpretation “a queenly woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reina is a variant of Raina. In Polish use, Raina carries the interpretation “a queenly woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reina connects to the Regina name family through Raina. An origin associated with Regina is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,080
- 0 boys · 14,080 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 551 babies
- 2025
- 510
- #582 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 510 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 582 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (84). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 22,833 as a first name in 2020; 4,072 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.
Reina’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Reina has a conventional equivalent in the English form Regina. Reina has a related form in Raina. In Japanese usage, Reina is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 伶奈.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Reina has relatives in 5 languages.
8 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Reina
- Reina TanakaJapanese female singer and stage actress (1989-)
- Reina UedaJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1994
- Reina YokoyamaJapanese singer, dancer and modelborn 2001
- Reina TriendlJapanese fashion model, actressborn 1992
- Reina KondōJapanese voice actressborn 1999
- Reina FujieJapanese actorborn 1994
- Reina WashioJapanese singer, dancer, modelborn 1994
- TourmalineAmerican activist, artist and writer (born 1983)
- Reina Torres de AraúzPanamanian anthropologist (1932–1982)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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