Megan
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛɡən/ MEG-ən |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Welsh, ultimately from Greek |
| Meaning | Pearl |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Meg, Margaret |
Megan (/ˈmɛɡən/; also spelled Meghan, Meaghan, etc.) It is also a Welsh female name, originally a pet form of Meg, itself a short form of Margaret. Nowadays it is generally used as an independent name rather than as a nickname.[1]
Notable Megans include:
- Meagan Good (born 1981), American actress
- Meaghan Jette Martin (born 1992), American actress
- Megan Follows (born 1968), Canadian actress
- Megan Fox (born 1986), American actress
- Megan Jendrick (born 1984), American swimmer
- Megan McDonald (born 1959), American writer
- Megan Mullally (born 1958), American actress
- Megan Hauserman (born 1981), American model and reality TV star
- Megan Young (born 1990), Filipina-American actress
- Meggin Cabot (born 1967), American writer
- Meghann Shaughnessy (born 1979), American tennis player
- Megyn Price (born 1971), American actress
- Jeffrey Silver's "For f**k's sake, Meaghan!" became the "it" phrase for many in New York's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in early 2011.
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1990). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 232–33. ISBN 0-19-211651-7.