Megan - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Megan \m(e)-

is pronounced MEG-an, MEE-gan, MAY-gan. It is of Welsh origin. Variant of Margaret (Greek) "pearl", based on the short form Meg. Phonetic spellings of Megan are used to ensure one of the three pronunciations. See also Meegan. Actress Megan Mullaly.

Megan has 14 variant forms: Maegan, Maygan, Meagan, Meaghan, Meg, Megen, Meggan, Meggi, Meggie, Meggy, Meghan, Meghann, Meghanne and Meighan.

Baby names that sound like Megan are Meeghan and Macon.

Megan is a very common first name for women (#151 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#42875 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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