THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Megan
Megan is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Megan.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈmeɡan/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈmɛː.ɣ̠ɐn̪]Standard-Tagalog
Me · gan2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗English
- /ˈmɛɡən/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛɡən/General-American
- /ˈmiːɡən/General-American
- /ˈmeɪɡən/General-American
- /ˈmiːɡən/Australia
- /ˈmiːɡɘn/New-Zealand
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Megan.
a female given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Welsh Megan, cognate with English Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.
A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, from Welsh.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Megan
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Megan Young
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Megan Young, Megan Jurado
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Megan in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Megan
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Maegan♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Keagan·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mea♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Medin·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mela♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Melay♀Short form of Melissa
- Reagan♂♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Gangan♂Short form of Reagan and Isagani
What rhymes with Megan?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Megan further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q1130292 — Megan (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Megan Young (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1130292 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Megan Jurado (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1130292 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Megan (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Megan (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.