as a First Name
(French) From an Old Provençal word meaning ‘ruler’; name given in honour of St Jean-François Régis (d. 1640) of Narbonne, who strove to reform prostitutes.
| 3,393rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,574
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Regis per capita
- 1911
- marked the height of its popularity
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100%
69%
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22%
30-54
30-54
7%
13-29
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1%
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