Regan

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine & Masculine

Usage Literature, English

Pronounced Pron. REE-gən(English)

Meaning & History

Meaning unknown. In the chronicles of Geoffrey of Monmouth it is the name of a treacherous daughter of King Leir. Shakespeare adapted the story for his tragedy King Lear (1606). In the modern era it has appeared in the horror movie The Exorcist (1973) belonging to a girl possessed by the devil. This name can also be used as a variant of Reagan.