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Queen - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Queen

[ 1 syll. quee(n), qu-e-en ] The girl name Queen is pronounced KWIYN KEY. Queen is of English origin and it is also used mainly in the English language. The meaning of the name is 'a female monarch'. A variant of Queen is the English pet form Queenie.

Queen is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1907 with 0.027% of baby girls being given the name Queen. It was #372 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is of only sporadic use today. Among all girl names in its family, Queen was nonetheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Queen include the Irish and English Quin, the English and Irish Quinn, the Vietnamese and English Cam, the English Con, the English Kam, the name Kanene, the English Kim, the English Kimme, the Scandinavian Kine, the English Kym, the English Quana, the English Quanna, the English Queenie, the Irish Quina, the Irish Quinna, the Spanish Cama, the English Cami, the English Cammi, the English Cammie, and the English Cammy.

A famous person named Queen is Actress Queen Latifah, born Dana Owens 18 March 1970, Newark, New Jersey.

KEY: Pronunciation for Queen: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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