First names in Hebrew

First name Reagan: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ריגן

Gematria value: 263

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Reagan is written ריגן

Meaning and origin

What does Reagan mean?

Meaning: from the Irish Ó Riagáin, often explained as "little king" (disputed)
Origin: Irish

Reagan is an Irish family name, Ó Riagáin. It is often explained as "little king", from rí, "king", though the meaning is disputed. President Ronald Reagan made it widely known, and it became a girls' first name in America in the 1990s.

Gematria

Reagan = 263

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ריגן has 4 letters:

• רthe letter Resh200
• יthe letter Yod10
• גthe letter Gimel3
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total263

The verse of the name

From the letter Resh to the letter final Nun

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Reagan, from ר to ן:

רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן הִנֵּה הִנָּם וְלִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם מְבַשֵּׂר אֶתֵּן׃

“First to Zion: Behold, here they are! And to Jerusalem I will give a bearer of good news.”

Isaiah 41:27

The book of your first name

Reagan, in nine pages

• Reagan, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Reagan
• Reagan, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Reagan in three answers

How do you write Reagan in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Reagan is written ריגן.

What is the gematria value of Reagan?
Written ריגן, Reagan is worth 263: the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Gimel (3) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Reagan mean?
From the Irish Ó Riagáin, often explained as "little king" (disputed) (origin: Irish). Reagan is an Irish family name, Ó Riagáin. It is often explained as "little king", from rí, "king", though the meaning is disputed. President Ronald Reagan made it widely known, and it became a girls' first name in America in the 1990s.