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What does Megan mean?
Megan 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced MEG-an, MEE-gan, MAY-gan. It is of Welsh and Greek origin, and the meaning of Megan is "pearl". Variant of Margaret, 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.
STARTS WITH Me-
ASSOCIATED WITH greek
Variations
VARIANTS Maegan▼, Maygan, Meagan▼, Meaghan▼, Meg, Megen, Meggan, Meggi, Meggie, Meggy, Meghan▼, Meghann▼, Meghanne, Meighan
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA MARGARET, MEEGAN, MEG Mag, Maggi, Maggy, Maiga, Marga, Meegan, Meeghan, Meta▼, Mette, Meyta, Peg, Pegeen, Peggy▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Migan, ..
(male) Medon, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Megan Journei (M.J.), ..
How popular is Megan?
Megan is a very prominent first name for women (#151 out of 4276, Top 4%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#37591 out of 150436, Top 25%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Megan was first listed in 1950-1959 and reached its peak rank of #10 in the U.S. in the year 1994, and is presently at #545. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Megan (#545 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) ranked in the Top 2000 are Maegan, Margaret (#127), Meagan, Meaghan, Meg, Meggan, Meghan (#703), Meghann, Meta, Peg and Peggy. Adoption of these forms of Megan was more pronounced during the years 1910-1919 (ADOPTION OF 2.4%) and is now much reduced (ADOPTION 0.2%, ▼91.8%), with forms like Meaghan becoming less in vogue.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Aeran, Devan▼, Jean▼, Lean, Logan▲, Mea, Mead, Meda▼, Mela, Melana, Melani▲, Melany, Mena, Mera, Merah, Meral, Mesa, Meya, Miran, Morgan▼, Pagan, Raegan▲, Ragan, Reagan▲, Regan▼, Reghan, Rhegan and Sean. These names tend to be less commonly used than Megan.
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