The regis Surname
regis Name Meaning and History
- 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| James Regis family of Connecticut |
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| Francois Regis and Eugence Perreault |
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| Regis family history | Wesley | 4 |
| Kunigunda Regis | Heather Wiley | 6 |
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