Regan
Name, starts R
Regan is a given name of Irish origin, used for both males and females.
It gained recognition partly through the treacherous daughter in Shakespeare's *King Lear*.
The name saw increased American usage after the 1973 horror film *The Exorcist* featured a possessed girl named Regan: Have you met my daughter Regan?
Tragic British king
- CordeliaName meaning "heart" in Latin
- CornwallSouthwestern English peninsula county
- EdmundMale name, prosperity guardian
- GloucesterCoastal city in Massachusetts
Albany · Kent · Shakespeare · tragedy · betrayal · cruelty · manipulation · ambition
Lear
Tragic British king
- CordeliaName meaning "heart" in Latin
- CornwallSouthwestern English peninsula county
- EdmundMale name, prosperity guardian
Gloucester · Albany · Kent · Shakespeare · tragedy · betrayal · cruelty · manipulation · ambition · jealousy
king
Male crowned ruler
queenly · monarch · majesty · crown · aristocratic · imperial · princely · dynasty · nobility · highborn
Irish
Of the Emerald Isle
given name · etymology · ancestry · heritage · lineage · clan · genealogy · family · patronymic · moniker
- Irish SurnamesO'Brien, Murphy, Kelly, O'Neill, O'Connor
- literary villainsIago, Lady Macbeth, Moriarty, Voldemort, Dracula
- Shakespeare CharactersHamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo, Juliet
- King LearLear, Cordelia, Edgar, Edmund, Gloucester
- Literary HeroinesJuliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, Desdemona, Lady Macbeth
- Shakespeare VillainsIago, Lady Macbeth, Richard III, Claudius, Edmund
- royal regaliaMonarch's official ceremonial objects
- full regalia
- academic regaliaCeremonial university garments
- regal bearingNoble, dignified carriage
- military regaliaArmed forces ceremonial ornaments
- regal appearanceNoble, dignified look