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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Kingly, regal

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Regis

Family name origins & meanings

  • French (Régis) : occupational name for a local dignitary, from a derivative of Old French régir ‘to rule or manage’.
  • French (Régis) and English : from Latin regis, genitive case of rex ‘king’, perhaps an occupational name for someone employed in the royal household, or a patronymic from a nickname.
  • Italian : from Re, probably from an ablative form.
  • German : habitational name from a place so named in Saxony.

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