Meaning and origin of Megan

Origin: Anglo-Saxon
Meaning: Strong and capable.
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Variant of Margaret: Pearl.
Origin: Persian
Meaning: Variant of Margaret: Child of light. Famous Bearer: Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Meaning and origin of Megan

The girl's name Megan \m(e)-gan\ 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 popular female first name and a popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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Meaning and origin of Megan

-Megan
English
Female
Strong,able
Meaning & Origin
Megan is a English girl name.
The meaning of the name is `Pearl`.
Where is it used?
The name Megan is mainly used in Welsh and in English.
It is an abbreviated form of
Greta, used in Swedish, German and in English.
Grete, used in German and in Danish.
Reeta, used in Finnish.
Reetta, used in Finnish.
Maggie, used in English.
Marge, used in English.
Greet, used in Dutch.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Marged (In Welsh)
Mererid (In Welsh)
Mared (In Welsh)
Margarita (In Spanish and in Russian)
Marjeta (In Slovene)
Margarida (In Portuguese)
Malgorzata (In Polish)
Marit (In Norwegian and in Swedish)
Marganita (In Jewish)
Perle (In Jewish)
Margherita (In Italian)
Mairead (In Irish and in Scottish)
Margrét (In Icelandic)
Margit (In Hungarian and in Scandinavian)
Margaréta (In Hungarian)
Margareta (In German, Scandinavian, Serbian and in Croatian)
Margrethe (In German and in Danish)
Margarethe (In German and in Danish)
Margarete (In German)
Marguerite (In French)
Margot (In French)
Marketta (In Finnish)
Maarit (In Finnish)
Maegan (In English)
Meagan (In English)
Meaghan (In English)
Meghan (In English)
Margery (In English)
Mamie (In English)
Merete (In Danish)
Märta (In Danish)
Markéta (In Czech and in Slovak)
Margarid (In Armenian)
If it's too long people might use:
In German and in Scandinavian: Meta
In English: Meg
See also
In Scottish: Peigi (F)
In German: Gretchen (F)
In English: Madge (F)
In English: Margaret (F)
In English: Margie (F)
In Dutch: Greetje (F)
In Danish: Mette (F)
Stastics
The name Megan was given to 7743 babies in the USA in 2004. Megan was the number 87 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 6621 babies making it the number 36 name that year.
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