Last name: REGAN
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REGAN : This last name is indexed 122,014 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
REGAN : Irish: shortened form of O'Regan an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ríagáin ‘descendant of Riagán’ a personal name which is perhaps akin to ríodhach ‘impulsive furious’. It can also be from Mag Riagáin ‘son of Riagán’. Compare Ryan.
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