Meaning and Origin
What does the name Queen mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Queen
User Submitted Origins
English
58%
African
35%
Arabic
5%
Spanish
3%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from California, U.S., the name Queen means "royalty".
- A user from Cameroon says the name Queen is of African origin and means "Royalty , beauty, bravery".
- A submission from California, U.S. says the name Queen means "Female monarch".
- According to a user from Australia, the name Queen means "Beaufitul,royal".
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Queen means "Queen".
- According to a user from Michigan, U.S., the name Queen is of Spanish origin and means "Fiery, Loyal, Georgous, Powerful, Brave and Strong".
- A user from Texas, U.S. says the name Queen means "I'm the queen".
- A user from New York, U.S. says the name Queen means "Gift of god".
- A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Queen means "Lady Leader" and is of English origin.
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Queen is of African origin and means "A person who rules a country of a pi rod of time".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Queen
Senses
- The wife of a king.
- A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. "In faith, and by the heaven's quene." [Chaucer.]
- A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc. "This queenof cities.""Albion, queenof isles." [Cowper.]
- The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
- [Chess] The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
- A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
Etymology: OE. quen quene, queen, quean, AS. cwēn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. quān wife, woman, Icel. kvān wife, queen, Goth. qēns. √221. See Quean
verb Queen
To act the part of a queen.
verb Queen
To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
Other Dictionary Sources
- Female cat
- The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
- An especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
- (chess) the most powerful piece
- One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
- Offensive term for a homosexual man
- A competitor who holds a preeminent position
- A female sovereign ruler
- The wife or widow of a king
- Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind ("Paris is the queen of cities" and "the queen of ocean liners")
- Become a queen ("her pawn queened")
- Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
Wiktionary
- A title given to queens.
- Elizabeth II
- In Commonwealth countries, the state, as symbolized by the queen, particularly in legal matters.
- Her Majesty the v. Smith, style of cause of a criminal case.
- A surname, originating as a nickname
Queen was also found in the following language(s): German