Queen (name)
Queen is a given name and surname. In some cases it originated as a shortening of the surname MacQueen.[1] In other cases it was the nickname of an ancestor that later became the family's surname.[2][3]
Given name
People with this given name include:
- Queen Hazarika (born 1976), Indian playback singer and actress
- Queen Nwokoye (born 1982), Nigerian actress
- Queen Okafor (born 1987), Nigerian nurse
- Queen Harrison (born 1988), American hurdler and sprinter
- Queen Celestine (born 1992), Nigerian beauty queen
- Queen Muhammad Ali, American film director
Surname
People with this surname include:
- Carmen Queen (1912–1974), Canadian Anglican bishop
- Mary Jane Queen (1914–2007), American ballad singer and banjo player
- Mel Queen (pitcher) (1918–1982), American baseball player
- Billy Queen (baseball) (1928–2006), American baseball outfielder
- Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) (1942–2011), American baseball player
- Gerry Queen (born 1945), Scottish football forward
- Jeff Queen (born 1946), American National Football League running back
- Joe Sam Queen (born 1950), American politician in the North Carolina House of Representatives
- Richard Queen (1951–2002), American consul taken hostage during the Iran Hostage Crisis
- Alvin Queen (born 1950), Swiss jazz drummer
- Carol Queen (born 1958), American sexologist and writer
- Jenny Queen (born 1979), American singer-songwriter
- Caroline Queen (born 1992), American slalom canoer
- Ben Queen, American screenwriter
- Monica Queen, Scottish singer
- Pamela E. Queen, American politician in the Maryland General Assembly
- Patrick Queen (born 1999), American football player
- Robin Queen, American linguist
- William Queen, American law enforcement officer and writer
- Ellery Queen, fictional detective created by Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee
See also
- Queen, a fictional character who appeared in the 1998 Disney/Pixar film A Bug's Life
References
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1960) [1945]. West Virginia place names: their origin and meaning, including the nomenclature of the streams and mountains. West Virginia University. p. 514. OCLC 233593610.
- ^ Harrison, Henry (2013) [1921]. Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 98. ISBN 9780806301716.
- ^ Meyers, Debra; Perreault, Mélanie (2006). Colonial Chesapeake: new perspectives. Lexington Books. p. 89. ISBN 9780739110911.
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