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Reagan

112 replies

MMJK · 23/05/2026 14:38

What would your first thought be if you met a girl or woman named Reagan? Does it remind you too much of Ronald Reagan or the Exorcist? We would be pronouncing it like reg-in (so the same as the president and the film), not ree-gan.

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IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 23/05/2026 14:55

King Lear

dailyconniptions · 23/05/2026 14:54

It's really awful tbh. Such a waste of a great opportunity. It's a surname, ugly sounding, ugly looking and probably masculine too.

Bbq1 · 23/05/2026 14:49

@MMJK
I like it!

HelicoPie · 23/05/2026 14:49

Always loved the name. For a girl? Think it’s lovely. If unsure - how about Raven instead?

BitOutOfPractice · 23/05/2026 14:46

I’d think why have you named a child after one of the worst presidents in my lifetime?

HelenaWilson · 23/05/2026 14:45

Having said that, Cordelia may have been nicer but she was quite sanctimonious.

But I'd also be thinking of Anne-with-an-e if I heard Cordelia.

Hassell · 23/05/2026 14:44

And then to have to go through life telling people it is pronounced “reg-in” (I think of Fagin) is nothing short of cruel

38thparallel · 23/05/2026 14:42

QwestSprout · 23/05/2026 14:40

I'd assume her parents liked King Lear.

Yes but even so it’s an odd choice as Re(a)gan was such an awful person. Having said that, Cordelia may have been nicer but she was quite sanctimonious.

HelenaWilson · 23/05/2026 14:42

We would be pronouncing it like reg-in (so the same as the president

Didn't he pronounce it Raygan?

(And Regan I'd think King Lear.)

Hassell · 23/05/2026 14:41

My first thought would be “Ronald”

my second thought would be”why?!”

QwestSprout · 23/05/2026 14:40

I'd assume her parents liked King Lear.

AImportantMermaid · 23/05/2026 14:39

Ronald