Regula (first name)

Regula is a female given name, which is mostly used in Switzerland .

origin

Regula is the feminine form of the Latin word Regulus (the little king or prince). The name is quite common in the Zurich area , as one of Zurich's patron saints is the holy martyr Regula .

name day

The name day is celebrated on September 11th.

Name bearers

• Regula von Lichtenthal , actually Margaretha, from around 1450 a nun in the Cistercian convent Lichtenthal
• Regula Aebi (* 1965), Swiss athlete
• Regula Engel-Egli (1761–1853), wife of a Swiss mercenary officer in the service of Napoleon Bonaparte
• Regula Gerber (* 1958), Swiss director and theater director
• Regula Grauwiller (* 1970), Swiss actress
• Regula Heusser-Markun (* 1943), Swiss journalist and writer
• Regula Hitz (* 1986), Swiss snooker player
• Regula Imboden (* 1966), Swiss actress
• Regula Lüscher Gmür (* 1961), Swiss architect and urban planner
• Regula Mühlemann (* 1986), Swiss opera singer
• Regula Pestalozzi (1921–2000), Swiss politician (FDP)
• Regula Renschler (* 1935), Swiss author, journalist and translator
• Regula Rytz (* 1962), Swiss politician (Green Alliance)
• Regula Schmidt-Bott (1945–2015), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Regula Späni (* 1965), Swiss sports presenter and editor
• Regula Stämpfli (* 1962), Swiss political scientist
• Regula Tschumi (* 1957), Swiss ethnologist
• Regula Venske (* 1955), German writer and literary scholar