Meaning and Origin of: Regan

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Irish, Scottish : King's heir
  • Latin : Queenly

Girl name variations

Regina
Reggie
Gina
Rina
Reyna
Reine
Rein
Reina
Rain
Rane
Rani
Raina
Rexy

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Kingly
  • Gaelic : Little king

Boy name variations

Reagan
Ragan
Raghan
Reagen
Reegen
Rayghun
Regen
Regino
Regent

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : reduced form of O’Regan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ríagáin ‘descendant of Riagán’, a personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to ríodhgach ‘impulsive’, ‘furious’. See also Ryan.