Entry № 8596 · Irish origin

Reagan Reagan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAY-gan /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Little king"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Surname: ancient

A name that means "little king".

Reagan comes from the Irish surname Ó Riagáin, from (king) plus a diminutive ending — meaning "little king" or "descendant of the king." It was traditionally a male surname before becoming a unisex given name in the late 20th century.

U.S. Today Reagan sits in the U.S. top 90, used about 70% for girls.

Little king — a Irish name.

The name in its native script.

Reagan
Transliteration
Reagan
Pronunciation
/ ˈreɪ.ɡən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Reagan stands.

Reagan does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Reagans before her.

Real people
Ronald Reagan
40th U.S. President (the surname).
1911 – 2004
In fiction
Regan
Daughter of King Lear in Shakespeare's King Lear.
1606 play

Names connected to Reagan.

The number behind Reagan.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Reagan reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.