Reign - Meaning of Reign

What does Reign mean?

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Reign

[ 1 syll. rei-(g)(n), re-i-gn ] The baby boy name Reign is also used, and more often so, as a girl name. It is pronounced as REYN †. The origin of Reign is Celtic. Reign is a variant of the name Reagan (English and Irish).

See also the related category celtic.

Reign is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been growing since the 2010s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2018 with 0.011% of baby boys being given the name Reign. It ranked at #952 then. Among all boy names in its group, Reign was the most regularly used in 2018. Reign has in the past century been mostly given to girls. In 2017, the name Reign was given to 97% more girls than boys.

Baby names that sound like Reign include Raighne, Rain (English), Raine (English), Rein (German), Rahm (Hebrew and Indian), Rahn, Ram (Hebrew and Indian), Rame, Ramm, Ran (English), Rayaun, Ream, Reame, Reem, Reine (Scandinavian), Reiny, Rem (English), Ren (Japanese), Renn, and Renne.

† English pronunciation for Reign: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"