Reina
Meaning
“Spanish word meaning 'queen'”
One Reina, two histories
Spanish · queen, from the Spanish word reina.
Japanese · from kanji such as 怜, 'wise', and 奈, a phonetic character; other kanji combinations are possible.
The story
Reina is the Spanish word for queen worn as a name, and it has been building in American records for a full century: a handful of girls in the 1890s, about 120 in the 1930s, about 800 in the 1970s, about 2,000 in the 1990s, 3,232 in the 2010s, and about 3,000 already this decade, within reach of the full 2010s total with years to run. And Reina answers to more than one tradition: Yiddish carries it from rein, clean, pure, and Japanese families write it in kanji, one common pairing being rei, wise, plus the phonetic na. The Spanish reading gives it its crown; the others give it range. Regal without being fussy, global without losing the thread: a queen in any accent.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Reina peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
647 people · the #11,186 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 34
Among people named Reina living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Reina
Most people given the name Reina in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Reina deep dive
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