Entry № 8586 · Irish origin

Regan Regan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Little ruler"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "little ruler".

Regan is a variant spelling of Reagan, meaning little ruler or king.

A fresh spelling of a well-loved name, it keeps the familiar sound with a look all its own.

Little ruler — a much-loved spelling.

The name in its native script.

Regan
Transliteration
Regan
Pronunciation
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Root
Grammatical form

Where Regan stands.

Regan 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.

Regans before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Regan.

The number behind Regan.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Regan reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.