Reagan (surname)
The family name Reagan, and its cognates Regan, O'Regan, O Regan, O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to originate in ancient Gaelic from ri "sovereign, king" and the diminutive -in, "the king's child", transliterating as "little king"
The feminine forename Regan is likely to have derived sometime later from the English royal name Regina.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Jimmy Reagan, American boxer who won the World Bantamweight Championship.
- Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States
- Nancy Reagan, wife of Ronald Reagan and First Lady from 1981 to 1989
- *Maureen Reagan, President Reagan's daughter from his first marriage to Jane Wyman
- *Michael Reagan, President Reagan's adopted son and radio talk show host
- *Patricia Ann Reagan, better known as Patti Davis, Ronald and Nancy Reagan's daughter
- *Ron Reagan, President Reagan's son and journalist
- Frank Reagan, American football player
- John Henninger Reagan, Confederate politician
- Johnny Reagan, American college baseball coach
- Lisa Reagan, American singer
- Marc Reagan, NASA Station Training Lead and NEEMO underwater program Mission Director
- Michael Joseph Reagan, American judge
- Michele Reagan, Secretary of State of Arizona
- Ron Reagan (Florida politician), American politician