Reagan

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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.

Reginald, Registration.

Ronald Reagan was well-known enough for people to be familiar with it. His presidency might have been before your time but it's not that long ago.

EA said as 'ay' appears in names like Eamonn and Kearney.

Sorry you've totally lost me there. I've no idea what you're saying.

And yeah I'm very well aware of him and how to pronounce his name. What makes you think I'm not?

Yes, The Exorcist would be my first thought.

President. Call her Ronnie as a nickname.

To someone my age it’s “Shut it - we’re The Sweeney!”

It's usually spelt Regan when used for a girl's first name.

Reagan would def imply you were a fan of Ronald.

The g in Reginald and Registration precedes an i.

Why did you say Reagan as Raygun makes no sense then?

I didn't. I think we've confused eachother. I said they make perfect sense. OP claiming that 'rej-in' phonetically is Raygun is what I think doesn't work. As 'rej' to me would rhyme with Reg as in Reginald.

I have no idea how PP aren’t understanding the OP’s explanation of the pronunciation. It seems obvious to me that she wants it to be pronounced as Reg-in. The reg part rhymes with leg. I don’t understand where PP are getting Rej-in from.

@Hinthebuild, me neither, Regin would be rej-in. The OP used 'reg-in'.
Reg as a name is 'redge'.

I think the OP wanted it to rhyme with Meghan.

Then she needs to spell it Reghan (hard G) or Regin (g as j). How about Regina OP?

Reg-in to rhyme with Leg-in is not conveyed by the word Reagan which is pronounced Ray-gun, nor by Regan which is pronounced Ree-gun.

Because Reg is an existing name (short for Reginald) and it's pronounced Rej. That's why.

In fact based on the existing name Reginald the obvious way to pronounce Regin would be Rejin!!