Who is Regina/EQ...really?

[maddarilke.livejournal.com]

I know that most of the residents of Storybrooke have names that have a connection to their Fairyland characters--

Mary-Margaret Blanchard = "Blanche" is French for "white."
Ruby = Red Riding Hood
Regina = Latin for "Queen"
Archie Hopper = Crickets "hop"

...etc. Now, look at the Mayor's full name: Regina Mills.

Didn't the story of Rumplestiltskin begin with a Miller's daughter?

Could Regina have been The Miller's Daughter before she was an Evil Queen? And would that mean that she's known Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold for far longer than we're aware right now?
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Comments

[dj-rocca.livejournal.com]

Not that I trust IMDB but:

Names for many characters in Storybrooke are often coordinated with their fairy-tale counterpart. For example: - Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White): Blanchard derives from the French word "blanc" or "blanche" for white. The name "Mary Margaret" is from a real-life woman believed to be the inspiration of the Snow White character named "Maria Sophia Margaretha Catharina Freifräulein von Erthal" (born on June 15, 1729 in Germany.) - Regina Mills (Evil Queen): Regina is a Late Latin feminine name meaning "Queen". Mills refers to the Greek word "Milo" meaning "apple" in modern Greek, which is in reference to the Queen poisoning Snow White with an apple. - Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin): Rumpelstiltskin spun straw into gold in his story. - Ruby (Red Riding Hood): A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone. - Ashley Boyd (Cinderella): Cinders precede ashes in the burning process. Boyd derives from the Gaelic word "buidhe" meaning yellow-haired. - Sydney Glass (Mirror): Because another word for mirror is glass or looking glass. Also, his newspaper is called The Mirror. - Archie Hopper (Jiminy Cricket): Crickets often hop to get around. Also, crickets are sometimes called hoppers. -- IMDb Trivia: Once Upon a Time (2011 TV series)

[hothobbit.livejournal.com]

"Mills refers to the Greek word "Milo" meaning "apple" in modern Greek, which is in reference to the Queen poisoning Snow White with an apple."

I thought that was what they were referencing as well (especially with other ties to Greek mythology and such)....but the Mill's daughter theory is interesting too