Meg

Diminutive of Margaret

"pearl"

Meg Origin and Meaning

The name Meg is a girl's name of English, Greek origin meaning "pearl".

Meg, perennially one of the Little Women, is a Margaret short form that manages to be neither quite in nor quite out of style. Meg is sleeker and more sophisticated than Maggie, more contemporary than Peg, more stylish than Megan, and still one of the best diminutives of Margaret.

Meg Ryan was born Margaret Mary Emily Anne.

Meg Rank in US Top 1000

# 994 in the US

Popularity of the name Meg

• 1719 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Meg

• Meggin Patricia "Meg" Cabot American novelist
• Meg Haston American novelist
• Meg Resnikoff co,founder of YouTube channel "whatsupmoms"
• Meg Tilly (born Margaret Elizabeth Chan) American actress
• Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra) American actress
• Megan Martha "Meg" White American musician of band The White Stripes
• Margaret "Meg" Foster American actress
• Margaret Cushing "Meg" Whitman American politician and former CEO of eBay
• Meg Japanese singer
• Maria "Meg" Di Donna Italian singer of band 99 Posse and duo Nous
• Meg Frampton guitarist and singer for American band Meg & Dia
• Megan "Meg" DeAngelis beauty YouTuber
• Meg DeLacy American actress and singer
• "Meg"; Meghan Duchess of Sussex; born Rachel Meghan Markle; wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

The name Meg in Pop Culture

• Margaret "Meg" March eldest sister in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"
• Meg Giry character in "The Phantom of the Opera"
• Meg Masters demon on TV's "Supernatural"
• Megan/Megatron "Meg" Griffin daughter on TV's "Family Guy"
• Megara "Meg " character in Disney's "Hercules"
• Margaret "Meg" Murry main character in "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
• Meg Merillies gypsy queen in "Guy Mannering" by Sir Walter Scott
• Meg Manning character on TV's "Veronica Mars"
• "Meg " book series by Steve Alten about a monster megalodon
• Meg doppelganger of "Xena: Warrior Princess"
• Aunt Meg character in the film "Twister"
• Meg Rayburn character in Netflix's "Bloodline"
• Meg Ramsey character in "Sufficiently Remarkable"
• Meg McCaffrey character in the "The Trials of Apollo", book series by Rick Riordan