Name meaning and origin
Megan
Welsh: Pet form of Meg, from Margaret
Pronounced MEG-ən (also MAY-gən in parts of the US)
Where the name comes from
- WelshPet form of Meg, from MargaretMeg, short form of Margaret < Greek margaritēs, "pearl"A Dictionary of First Names (Hanks, Hardcastle & Hodges, 2006): "In origin a Welsh pet form of Meg; nowadays it is much used as an independent first name throughout Britain and in America and elsewhere in the English-speaking world." Outside Wales it has been in regular use only since the middle of the 20th century.
Megan across traditions
- Welsh. A traditional Welsh diminutive that became an independent name across the English-speaking world.
Who carried it
- Megan Lloyd George (1902–1966): Welsh politician; elected MP for Anglesey in 1929, the first woman to hold a Welsh seat.
Forms in other languages
Meghan, Meagan, Meg
Megan in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
99
Hebrew Standard
99
Hebrew Ordinal
40
English Simple
240
English Sumerian
95
English Reverse
99
Greek Isopsephy
9
Chaldean
4
Pythagorean
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