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 Victorian times in the British Empire. It was once very popular in London's East End. Given name Queenie Chu (born 1981), Hong Kong television presenter and actress Q. D. Leavis (1900-1982), English literary critic and essayist Queenie McKenzie (circa 1930-1998), indigenous Australian artist Queenie Rosson (1889-1978), American silent film actress Queenie Smith (1898-1978), American stage, film and television actress Queenie Thomas (1898–1977), British actress Queenie Watts (1926-1980), English actress and singer Queenie Ashton (1903-1999), stage name of British-born soprano and English and Australian character actress Ethel Muriel Cover (née Ashton) Nickname Mary Jane Cain (1844–1929), Aboriginal Australian human rights activist Queenie Newall (1854–1929), British archer Merle Oberon (1911–1979), Anglo-Indian actress Jimmy O'Rourke (baseball) (1883–1955), American professional baseball player Stephanie St. Clair (1886–1969), a French gangster who operated out of New York's Harlem Stage names Queenie Leighton (1874-1943), stage name of British music hall star Lilian Caroline Augusta Rickard Queenie Leonard (1905-2002), stage name of English character actress and singer Pearl Walker Queenie, a performer in the English hip pop quintet KING Queenie Williams (1896-1962), stage name of Australian actress Alfreda Ina Williams Animals Queenie (Melbourne elephant) (put down in 1944) Queenie (waterskiing elephant) (1952-2011) Fictional characters Queenie (Blackadder), a caricature of Elizabeth I of England in the British TV series Blackadder "Queenie" (EastEnders) Queenie Yoh, a character in the 2018 Japanese anime "Lost Hope" the main character from Queenie (miniseries) A character in the musical Show Boat A character in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button A character in the short story of the same name by Nobel Prize winning writer Alice Munro Queenie Goldstein, a main character in the Fantastic Beasts film series. A character on the show American Horror Story The name of the dog in the short story "A Christmas Memory" A character based on Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith in the Aubrey–Maturin book series A character in Joseph Moncure March's poem "The Wild Party"