Meghan

Where Meghan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Meghan.

  • Welsh
  • 2 syllables
Meghan through the years
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #4,908 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Meghan Ory born
    Canadian actress
  3. 1985
    Peak, #63
    4,669 babies named Meghan, the most in any year.
  4. 1993
    Meghan Trainor born
    American singer-songwriter
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #159.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh, a pseudo-Irish spelling of the Welsh Megan.
Namesakes
  • Meghan Trainor · American singer-songwriter, born 1993
  • Meghan Ory · Canadian actress, born 1982
  • Meghan McCain · American columnist, author, and television personality, born 1984
  • Meghan Klingenberg · American soccer player, born 1988
  • Meghan Heffern · Canadian actress, born 1983

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.