🔥Megan

Welsh diminutive of Margaret

"pearl"

Megan Origin and Meaning

The name Megan is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "pearl".

Megan originally evolved from Meg, which itself derived as a nickname for Margaret. Margaret ultimately comes from the Greek word margarites, meaning "pearl." Megan is no longer a common nickname for Margaret—it is most often used as a full name. Other spellings include Meghan, Meagan, Megyn, and Meaghan.

One of the most popular Welsh names ever in the US—it was Number 10 in the 1990s—Megan is still widely used today, but waning. It fell to its lowest ranking in 50 years in 2017. Actress Megan Fox has upped its glam factor. We've yet to see how the popularity of the new Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, affects all the spellings of her name.

Megan Rank in US Top 1000

# 694 in the US

Megan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 444 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Megan

• 694 US 2023
• 444 Nameberry 2025
• 521 England 2023
• 76 Scotland 2017
• 89 Ireland 2018
• 489 Germany 2016
• 148 Netherlands 2015

20 Names Similar to Megan

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Famous People Named Megan

• Megan Boone American actress
• Megan Denise Fox American actress
• Megan Mullaly American actress
• Megan Martha "Meg" White American musician of band The White Stripes
• Megan Marie Park Canadian actress
• Megan Thee Stallion stage name of Megan Pete, American rapper
• Megan Jo McDonald American children's author
• Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows Canadian actress
• Megan "Meg" Prescott English actress; twin sister Kat Prescott
• Margaret Elizabeth "Megan" Ellison American film producer
• Megan Lynne Dodds American,British actress
• Megan LeCrone American ballerina
• Megan Kathleen Hilty American actress
• Megan Anna Rapinoe American soccer player
• Megan Nicole (Flores) Green American singer and YouTuber
• Megan Kate Gale Australian model
• Megan Leslie Canadian MP
• Megan Hauserman American reality TV personality
• Megan Joy (Knudsen) American pop singer
• Megan McKenna English reality TV personality
• Megan Lynne Young Filipina beauty queen, Miss World 2013
• Megan Everett wife of Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård
• Megan Leigh Oyster American soccer player
• Megan Hope Sanov (b. 2009) daughter of American dramatic actress, reality show host, director, and author Alison Sweeney
• Megan Falley American poet

The name Megan in Pop Culture

• Megan Draper character on TV's "Mad Men"
• Megan Rose Wong main character in the Mother,Daughter Book Club series by Heather Vogel Frederick
• Megan Parker character on TV's "Drake & Josh"
• Megan character on French,Canadian parody soap "Le coeur a ses raisons"
• Megan Morse alias of Miss Martian
• Megan Roberts character on TV's "Tru Calling"
• Megan "Meg" Griffin daughter on TV's "Family Guy"
• Megan O'Hanrahan character in "Yesterday's Child" by Barbara Wood
• Megan a character in "The 5th Wave" book series by Rick Yancey
• Megan Jones character in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"
• Megan Hunt Owen Hunt's sister on the TV show "Grey's Anatomy"