The name Queenie is an affectionate, or pet use, of the term "queen", and is thought to be derived from the word "quean", 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.
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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