Name: Megan
Gender: Female
Usage: Megan is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Megan are in general originating from Greece, Ireland, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Virgin Islands US.
Variants: For another variant of the name Megan across the world, see Margaret.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Megan is: Pearl, Soft and gentle.
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Numerology of the first name Megan: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Successful, Visionary
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Megan is ranked on the 120th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 4250100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.059% of the population. The name Megan has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Megan for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Megan is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Megan (also spelled Meghan, Meagen, Meagan, Meaghan etc.) is a Welsh female name, originally a pet form of Meg or Meggie, which is itself a short form of Margaret. Megan is one of the most popular Welsh names in England and Wales. Nowadays it is generally used as an independent name rather than as a nickname.
Notable Megans include:
- Megan Follows (born 1968), Canadian actress
- Megan Fox (born 1986), American actress
- Meagan Good (born 1981), American actress
- Megan Hart (born 1971), American author
- Megan Hauserman (born 1981), American model and reality TV star
- Megan Hilty (born 1981), American actress
- Megan Jendrick (born 1984), American swimmer
- Megan Kanka, (1986–1994) American crime victim
- Megyn Kelly (born 1970), American news anchor and journalist
- Meaghan Martin (born 1992), American actress
- Megan McDonald (born 1959), American writer
- Meagan Miller, American opera soprano
- Megan Mullally (born 1958), American actress
- Megyn Price (born 1971), American actress
- Megan Rapinoe (born 1985), American association football player
- Meghann Shaughnessy (born 1979), American tennis player
- Megan Young (born 1990), Filipina-American actress and Miss World 2013
- Meghan Trainor (born 1993), American singer/songwriter
Welsh: pet form of Meg, nowadays generally used as an independent first name both within and beyond Wales, but nevertheless retaining a strong Welsh flavour.
Variants: Meghan, Meaghan (pseudo-Irish spellings much used in Australia and Canada).
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