# Queenie (name)

The name Queenie is an affectionate, or pet use, of the term "queen", and is thought to be derived from the Old English word "cwen", meaning 'woman' rather than a reference to the monarch or his wife.
As a first name it can also mean "Royal Lady" or "Ruler". In this sense the name is also used as a nickname or pet name for a girl who shares her first name with a Queen. As such, it was popular name during the Victorian era in the British Empire. It was once very popular in London's East End.

## Given name

* Q. D. Leavis (1900–1982), English literary critic and essayist
* Queenie Allen (1911–2007), English badminton player
* Queenie Ashton (1903–1999), English-born Australian television- and film actress, stage performer, singer, dancer, and radio personality
* Queenie Chan (born 1980), Hong Kong-born Australian comic artist
* Queenie Chong (born 1987/1988), Brunei businessperson and politician
* Queenie Chu (born 1981), Hong Kong television presenter, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder
* Queenie Foote (1857–1937), American performer
* Queenie H. C. Captain, Indian social worker
* Queenie McKenzie (c. 1915–1998), Aboriginal Australian artist
* Queenie Muriel Francis Adams (1902–1999), English academic, physician, and missionary
* Queenie Mvana, South African politician
* Queenie Paul (1893–1982), Australian performer
* Queenie Rosson (1889–1978), American silent film actress
* Queenie Rynjah (born 1919), Indian social worker and educationist
* Queenie Scott-Hopper (1881–1924), English author of children’s stories, poetry, and devotional literature
* Queenie Smith (1898–1978), American stage-, film-, and television actress
* Queenie Tai (born 1982), Taiwanese actress
* Queenie Thomas (1898–1977), Welsh actress
* Queenie van de Zandt, Australian actress, singer, comedian, recording artist, writer, and arts educator
* Queenie Vassar (1870–1960), Scottish-born American film- and stage actress
* Queenie Watts (1923–1980), English television- and film actress, singer, and publican

## Nickname

* Jimmy O'Rourke (baseball) (1883–1955), American MLB player
* Mary Jane Cain (1844–1929), Aboriginal Australian human rights activist
* Merle Oberon (1911–1979), Anglo-Indian actress
* Queenie Newall (1854–1929), English archer
* Stephanie St. Clair (1897–1969), French gangster who operated out of New York's Harlem

## Stage names

* Queenie (born 1987), English member of pop quintet King (pop band)
* Queenie Leighton (1874–1943), stage name of British music hall star Lilian Caroline Augusta Rickard
* Queenie Leonard (1905–2002), stage name of English actress and singer Pearl Walker
* Queenie Williams (1896–1962), stage name of Australian actress, singer, and dancer Alfreda Ina Williams

## Animals

* Queenie (Melbourne elephant) (died 1944)
* Queenie (waterskiing elephant) (1952–2011)

## Fictional characters

* Queenie, in the Australian adult independent animated web series The Amazing Digital Circus
* Queenie (Blackadder), a caricature of Elizabeth I of England in the UK sitcom Blackadder, played by Miranda Richardson
* Queenie Cooper, in the UK comedy drama series Ackley Bridge, played by Jasmine Payne
* Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw, a character from the Fast & Furious franchise, played by Helen Mirren
* Queenie Gibbons, in Noël Coward's play This Happy Breed, played by Jennifer Gray (actress)
* Queenie Goldstein, in the Fantastic Beasts (film series), played by Alison Sudol
* Queenie Hennessy, in the 2012 UK novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
* Queenie Jenkins, in the UK TV series Queenie, played by Dionne Brown
* Queenie Kelley, main character in the 1987 Queenie (miniseries), played by Mia Sara
* Queenie or Queeney, a character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian
* Queenie Price, in the UK TV soap opera EastEnders, played by John Labanowski
* Queenie Shepherd, in the UK sitcom Queenie's Castle, played by Diana Dors
* Queenie Trott, in the UK TV soap opera EastEnders, played by Judy Cornwell
* Queenie Yoh, in the 2018 Japanese anime Lost Hope (TV series), voiced by Kana Hanazawa (Japanese) and Laura Post (English)
* Queenie, a dog in Truman Capote's short story A Christmas Memory
* Queenie, in Joseph Moncure March's poem "The Wild Party" (poem)
* Queenie, in the 2008 US romantic fantasy drama film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film), played by Taraji P. Henson
* Queenie, in the musical Show Boat, played by Tess Gardella, Alberta Hunter, Helen Dowdy, Ena Cabayo, Karla Burns, Gretha Boston, Sandra Marvin, and Hattie McDaniel
* Queenie, in the US horror anthology TV series American Horror Story, played by Gabourey Sidibe
* Queenie the Dog, in the 1931 US comedy film Queenie of Hollywood