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 [ 2 syll. re-gan, reg-an ] The boy name Regan is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being more common. Its pronunciation is RIYGahN KEY. Regan is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Celtic. Regan is a variant of the name Reagan (English and Irish). Regan is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the height of its usage in 1979, 0.005% of baby boys were given the name Regan. It ranked at #942 then. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is currently of very modest use. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Regan, Reagan (English and Irish) was the most regularly used. Though Regan is more popular as a girl name today, there was a period from 1960 to 1966 that it was given more often to boys. From 1974 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Regan. In 1979, the name Regan was given to 3 times as many girls than boys. Baby names that sound like Regan include Reagen (English), Radzim (Polish), Raekwon (English), Reagan (English and Irish), Reason (English), Regen (English), Rishon (Hebrew), Rosen (English), Roshan (Indian and Iranian), Rozen (English), Rusten (English), Rashaun (English), Rashawn (English), Rossano (Italian), and Eresenio (Spanish). KEY: Pronunciation for Regan: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
