Reagan (surname)
# 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 (1891–1975), American boxer who won the World Bantamweight Championship.
* Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), 40th president of the United States
* Nancy Reagan (1921–2016), wife of Ronald Reagan and First Lady from 1981 to 1989
   * Maureen Reagan (1941–2001), President Reagan's daughter from his first marriage to Jane Wyman
   * Michael Reagan (born 1945), President Reagan's adopted son and radio talk show host
   * Patricia Ann Reagan (born 1952), better known as Patti Davis, Ronald and Nancy Reagan's daughter
   * Ron Reagan (born 1958), President Reagan's son and journalist
* Frank Reagan (1919–1972), American football player
* John Henninger Reagan (1818–1905), Confederate politician
* Johnny Reagan (1926–2018), American college baseball coach
* Lisa Reagan, American singer
* Marc Reagan, NASA Station Training Lead and NEEMO underwater program Mission Director
* Michael Joseph Reagan (born 1954), American judge
* Michele Reagan (born 1969), Secretary of State of Arizona
* Ron Reagan (Florida politician) (born 1954), American politician
