Given name & surname · also Catalan

Regas

“irrigation channel”

Regas is a surname from Catalan, ultimately from Greek.

Original GreekΡέγας

Meaning & origin

What it means

Regas goes back to a word meaning “irrigation channel.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Regas comes from Catalan, and ultimately from Greek.

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How it developed

From Catalan Regàs, from Greek Ρέγας.

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Regas’s family of names

In Greek usage, Regas as a surname is a transliteration of Ρέγας. In English usage, Regas as a surname was borrowed from the Greek form Ρέγας. In English usage, Regas as a surname has a related form in Ρήγα.

Walk Regas’s family in the name graph

RegasΡήγαςΡέγαςΡήγαReginosΡηγίνοςΡήγοςRegos

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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