Regina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. Borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Regina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Regina has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2002. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 11 |
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 14 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,270 |
| 2000 | 1,283 |
| 2001 | 1,284 |
| 2002 | 1,293 |
| 2003 | 1,306 |
| 2004 | 1,330 |
| 2005 | 1,345 |
| 2006 | 1,344 |
| 2007 | 1,335 |
| 2008 | 1,339 |
| 2009 | 1,349 |
| 2010 | 1,351 |
| 2011 | 1,352 |
| 2012 | 1,364 |
| 2013 | 1,352 |
| 2014 | 1,356 |
| 2015 | 1,354 |
| 2016 | 1,353 |
| 2017 | 1,367 |
| 2018 | 1,366 |
| 2019 | 1,360 |
| 2020 | 1,355 |
Regina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Regina.Hi! My name is Regina.
- Regina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Regina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Regina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Regina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Reginas mamma är lärare.Regina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Reginas mamma is Regina's mum.
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Questions about Regina
How do you pronounce Regina in Swedish?
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What does the name Regina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. Borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”).
How popular is Regina in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Regina in 2022. In 2020, 1,355 people in Sweden had Regina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2002 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.