Meaning of name Megan

The name Megan has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Megan is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 28 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Megan fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 5 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 105 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Megan in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Megan is very likely a(n) Welsh variant of the name Margaret. See other suggested Welsh girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Margaret.

The following names are baby names related to Megan and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Megan: Boys - Ambrose, Basil, Cyril, Girls - Agatha, Charis, Charissa, Cleta, Daphne, Eulalia, Exie, Lexus, Mallie, Melanie, Melina, Melody, Narella, Niobe, Salina, Both genders - Barbara, Lois

The name Megan is a variant of Margaret. Other popular variants of the name Margaret are: Greta (Swedish), Gretal, Gretchen (German), Grethel, Gretta, Madge (English), Mag, Maggie (English), Margarete (German), Margaretha (Dutch), Margarita (Spanish), Margarite, Marge (English), Margery (English), Margie (English), Margot (French), Marguerite (French), Meagan, Meg (English), Megan (Welsh), Meghan, Meta (Scandinavian), Mette, Meyta, Peg, Peggie, Peggy, Rita

We think the name Megan should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Megan to be: Smart, hardworking and determined

In one word, you might describe Megan as a(n) "smart" person.

See other "smart" names for girls.