Megan

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{{Infobox given name

| name = Megan

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| pronunciation = {{IPA|cy|ˈmɛɡan|lang|Cy-Megan.wav}}, Anglicised: {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛ|ɡ|ən}} ({{respell|MEH|gən}}), {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|ɡ|ən}} ({{respell|MAY|gən}}) or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|iː|ɡ|ən}} ({{respell|MEE|gən}})

| gender = Female

| meaning = Pearl

| region = Wales

| shortform = Meg

| derived = Margeret

| language = Welsh, English

| languageorigin= Welsh

| origin = Ancient Greek

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Megan is a Welsh feminine given name, originally a diminutive form of Margaret. Margaret is from the Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), Latin margarīta, "pearl". Megan is one of the most popular Welsh-language names for women in Wales and England, and is commonly truncated to Meg.{{cite web|title=Common Welsh Girls Names |date=2 June 2012 |url=http://www.welshgirlsnames.co.uk/common-welsh-girls-names/ |access-date=2 June 2012}}

Megan was one of the most popular feminine names in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, peaking in 1990 in the United States{{cite web |title=Girl Name Megan – Trends, Comments and Popularity of Megan |url=http://www.babynameshub.com/girl-names/Megan.html |website=www.babynameshub.com |access-date=16 September 2017 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809044858/http://www.babynameshub.com/girl-names/Megan.html |url-status=dead }} and 1999 in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |last1=Powell-Smith |first1=Anna |title=Baby Names in England & Wales |url=http://names.darkgreener.com/#megan |website=English Baby Names |access-date=16 September 2017 |language=en}} Approximately 54% of people named Megan born in the US were born in 1990 or later. The name is also frequently spelled Meagan, Meaghan, Meghan, or Mehgan outside of Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom due to spelling influence from Irish-language names {{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |title=A Dictionary of First Names |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780198610601 |page=191}}

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  • Mehgan Heaney-Grier (born 1977), American freediver, fashion model, actress, conservationist, and TV personality

Fictional characters

See also

  • Mehigan, an Irish language surname that has the variants Megan, Meaghan and Meighan
  • Megan's Law, a US law regarding sex offenders

References