Meaghan

Where Meaghan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Meaghan.

  • Welsh
Meaghan through the years
  1. 1955
    First appearance
    #5,828 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Meaghan Rath born
    Canadian actress
  3. 1986
    Peak, #325
    744 babies named Meaghan, the most in any year.
  4. 1992
    Meaghan Jette Martin born
    American musician and actor
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #644.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh, a pseudo-Irish spelling of the Welsh Megan.
Namesakes
  • Meaghan Jette Martin · American musician and actor, born 1992
  • Meaghan Rath · Canadian actress, born 1986
  • Meaghan Benfeito · Canadian diver, born 1989
  • Meaghan Mikkelson Reid · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1985
  • Meaghan Smith · Canadian singer-songwriter, born 1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.