# Rattigan

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**Rattigan** is a surname. It is an [anglicised](/source/Anglicised) form of the [Irish](/source/Ireland) [patronym](/source/Patronym) **Ó Reachtagáin**, meaning "descendant of Reachtagán", whose name derives from the [Old High German](/source/Old_High_German) *reht*, meaning "justice".[1] The name may vary as O'Raghtaghan, Raghtigan, Rhatigan, [Ratigan](/source/Ratigan), Rhategan, Ractigan, and Ratican.[2]

## People with the surname

- [Alf Rattigan](/source/Alf_Rattigan) (1911–2000), Australian public servant
- [Benedict Rattigan](/source/Benedict_Rattigan) (born 1965), British writer and philosopher
- [Billie Rattigan](/source/Billie_Rattigan) (1932–2019), Irish footballer
- [Colin Rattigan](/source/Colin_Rattigan) (born 1961), British Olympian
- [Cyril Rattigan](/source/Cyril_Rattigan) (1884–1916), British Army officer and cricketer
- [Errol Rattigan](/source/Errol_Rattigan) (born 1956), Jamaican cricketer
- [Sir Henry Adolphus Rattigan](/source/Henry_Adolphus_Rattigan) (1864–1920), British Chief Justice
- [Joseph A. Rattigan](/source/Joseph_A._Rattigan) (1920–2007), American politician and judge
- [Leon Rattigan](/source/Leon_Rattigan) (born 1987), British wrestler
- [Nick Rattigan](/source/Nick_Rattigan) (born 1992), American musician
- [Sir Terence Rattigan](/source/Terence_Rattigan) (1911–1977), British playwright and screenwriter
- [Thomas Rattigan](/source/Thomas_Rattigan) (born 1937), American businessman
- [Sir William Henry Rattigan](/source/William_Henry_Rattigan) (1842–1904), British politician and judge
- [Yana Rattigan](/source/Yana_Rattigan) (born 1987), British wrestler

## See also

- [Ratigan](/source/Ratigan)

## References

1. [JSTOR Journal Article](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23980701)

1. [Library Ireland](https://www.libraryireland.com/names/or/o-reachtagain.php#:~:text=%C3%93%20REACHTAG%C3%81IN%E2%80%94%20I%20%E2%80%94%20O%20Raghtagan%2C%20Raghtigan%2C%20Ractigan%2C,Finnen%2C%20in%20the%20parish%20of%20Clooncraff%2C%20near%20Elphin.)

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