Queenie

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Queenie is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name82 records spelled Queenie3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Hong Kong, Philippines

  Also written Quêêniê, Qüeenìe

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Queenie is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• English: from the affectionate nickname Queen (going back to Old English cw n , related to cwene woman, respelled as if derived from Latin), with the addition of the hypocoristic suffix - ie (originally characteristic of northern England and Scotland). In the Victorian era it was sometimes used as an allusive pet form for VICTORIA . As a Jewish name it represents an Anglicized form of MALKAH .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 141 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sybil Newallb. 1854GBnot in their usual nameBritish archer
• Queenie Smithb. 1898USAmerican actress (1898-1978)
• Queenie Ashtonb. 1903AUAustralian actress (1903–1999)
• Queenie Leonardb. 1905GBBritish actress (1905–2002)
• Q. D. Leavisb. 1906GBnot in their usual nameBritish literary critic (1906–1981)
• Queenie Wattsb. 1926GBBritish actress (1926–1980)
• Queenie McKenzieb. 1930AUAboriginal Australian artist of the Kimberley region of Western Australia (1930-1998)
• Queenie van de Zandtb. 1970AUAustralian actress
• Queenie Chub. 1981CNHong Kong actress
• Queenie Sateenb. 1991USAmerican pornographic performer and musician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 260 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Queenie?

We estimate roughly 2.1 thousand people bear Queenie (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Queenie have the most bearers?

Queenie is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled queenie.

How common is Queenie compared with other names?

In Hong Kong, Queenie is the 80th most common given name of 19,389 given names recorded there.

Is Queenie a male or female name?

Queenie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Queenie mean?

Recorded meaning: Borrowed from English Queenie.