Megan is a
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, originally a diminutive form of
Margaret
Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian.
Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ...
. Margaret is from the Greek μαργαρίτης (''margarítēs''), Latin ''margarīta'', "pearl". Megan is one of the most popular Welsh-language names for women in Wales and England, and is commonly truncated to Meg.
Megan was one of the most popular feminine names in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, peaking in 1990 in the United States
and 1999 in the United Kingdom.
Approximately 54% of people named Megan born in the US were born in 1990 or later.
Megan is also frequently spelled Meagan, Meaghan, or Meghan outside of Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom due to spelling influence from Irish-language names.
People
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Meagan Best
Meagan Best (born 26 April 2002) is an accomplished Barbadian female squash player. She is currently considered as the leading squash player to represent Barbados at international level. Her highest career ranking was 208 in January 2018 and is c ...
(born 2002), Barbadian squash player
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Megan Bonnell
Megan Bonnell is a Canadian folk musician.
Early life
Bonnell was born in Caledon, Ontario Between the ages of four and twelve, she taught herself to play piano by ear. Bonnell attended Mayfield Secondary School, where she studied voice. She pe ...
, Canadian musician
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Meghan Boody
Meghan Boody (born 1964) is an American artist. Her work consists largely of digitally manipulated photographs as well as some multimedia sculpture. It is surreal in nature – the surrealism movement began in 1924 – and heavily narrative, often ...
(born 1964), American surrealist photographer
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Megan Boone
Megan Boone (born April 29, 1983) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as FBI agent and profiler Elizabeth Keen on the NBC drama series ''The Blacklist''. She had a recurring role in '' Law & Order: LA'' and an episodic appeara ...
(born 1983), American actress
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Megan Cunningham
Megan Cunningham (born 14 July 1995) is a Scottish people, Scottish Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who plays for Partick Thistle W.F.C., Partick Thistle in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) ...
(born 1995), Scottish footballer
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Megan Danso
Megan Danso (born 26 April 1990) is a Canadian actress.
Life and work
Megan Danso was born in Victoria, British Columbia.
Danso first appeared in an episode of the television series ''Painkiller Jane'' in 2007, and thenafter in Canadian televi ...
(born 1990), Canadian actress
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Megan Davis
Megan Jane Davis is an Aboriginal Australian activist and international human rights lawyer. She was the first Indigenous Australian to sit on a United Nations body, and was Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Davis is Pro vice ...
, Australian human rights lawyer and academic
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Meggan Dawson-Farrell
Meggan Dawson-Farrell (born 18 September 1992) is a Scottish wheelchair racer.
Early life
Dawson-Farrell was born with spina bifida and also has the condition hydrocephalus. She was unable to take part in sport at school but began after atte ...
(born 1992), Scottish wheelchair racer
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Megan Fahlenbock
Megan Smith Fahlenbock (born June 30, 1971) is a Canadian actress. She has worked in animation and also had a few film roles. She is best known for her voice roles as Gwen on ''Total Drama'', Jen Masterson on ''6teen'', and Eva Kant in ''Diaboli ...
(born 1971), Canadian actress
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Meagen Fay
Meagen Fay is an American actress known for her work in television. Best known as Roxy in '' Ohara'' (1987-1988), Principal Halloron in ''Life With Louie'' (1995-1998), and Gretchen Mannkusser in ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2002-2004) and Loot on ...
(born 1957), American actress
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Megan Fearon
Megan Fearon (born 29 July 1991) is an Irish former Sinn Féin politician who was member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for the Newry and Armagh constituency from June 2012 to January 2020. (born 1991), British politician
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Megan Follows
Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows (born March 14, 1968) is a Canadian-American actress and director. She is known for her role as Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian television miniseries ''Anne of Green Gables'' and its two sequels. From 2013 t ...
(born 1968), Canadian actress
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Megan Fox
Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the family film '' Holiday in the Sun'' (2001), which was followed by numerous supporting roles in film and television, such as the teen musical comedy ...
(born 1986), American actress
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Meagan Good
Meagan Monique Good is an American actress. She first gained critical attention for her role in the film ''Eve's Bayou'' (1997), prior to landing the role of Nina in the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Cousin Skeeter'' (1998–2001). Good received further ...
(born 1981), American actress
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Megan Gustafson
Megan Gustafson (born December 13, 1996) is an American basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Gustafson was drafted in the second round (17th overall) by the Dallas Wings in the 2019 WNBA ...
(born 1996), American basketball player
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Megan Hart
Megan Hart is a ''New York Times'' best-selling American author of over thirty romantic and erotic novels. She also writes psychological suspense novels under the pseudonym Mina Hardy. Hart became interested in writing after reading the Ray Brad ...
, American author
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Megan Hauserman
Megan Hauserman (born November 5, 1981) is an American model and reality television personality, best known for her repeated appearances on VH1 including second season of ''Rock of Love with Bret Michaels'', the first season of ''I Love Money'' ...
(born 1981), American model and reality TV star
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Megan Hilty
Megan Kathleen Hilty (born March 29, 1981) is an American actress and singer. She rose to prominence for her roles in Broadway musicals, including her performance as Glinda the Good Witch in ''Wicked'', Doralee Rhodes in '' 9 to 5: The Musical'', ...
(born 1981), American actress
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Megan Jendrick
Megan M. Jendrick ( Quann, born January 15, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer, former world record-holder, and fitness columnist. She won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. J ...
(born 1984), American swimmer
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Megan Kanka
The murder of Megan Nicole Kanka (December 7, 1986 – July 29, 1994) occurred in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Seven-year-old Megan Kanka was raped and murdered by her neighbor, Jesse Timmendequas, after he lured ...
(1986–1994), American murder victim
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Megyn Kelly
Megyn Marie Kelly (; born November 18, 1970) is an American journalist and media personality. She currently hosts a talk show and podcast, ''The Megyn Kelly Show'', that airs live daily on SiriusXM. She was a talk show host at Fox News from 200 ...
(born 1970), American news anchor and journalist
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Meghan Klingenberg
Meghan Elizabeth Klingenberg (born August 2, 1988) is an American soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League, National Women's Soccer Leagu ...
(born 1988), American soccer player
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Megan Larsen
Megan Larsen is a natural and organic skin care entrepreneur and author. She is the founder of Sodashi, a natural skin care range, supplying more than 70 luxury spas in more than 25 countries.
Early life
Larsen was born in Dannevirke, New Z ...
(born 1962), New Zealand-born Australian-based organic skincare entrepreneur
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Megan Lloyd George
Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George, (22 April 1902 – 14 May 1966) was a Welsh politician and the first female Member of Parliament (MP) for a Welsh constituency. She also served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, before later becoming a Labo ...
(1902–1966), Welsh politician
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Megan Lukan
Megan is a Welsh language, Welsh feminine given name, originally a diminutive form of Margaret. Margaret is from the Greek μαργαρίτης (''margarítēs''), Latin ''margarīta'', "pearl". Megan is one of the most popular Welsh-language name ...
(born 1992), Canadian rugby sevens player
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Megan Marie Hart
Megan Marie Hart (born 1983) is an American operatic soprano from Eugene, Oregon, performing in leading operatic roles and concerts in America and Europe.
Education
Hart was born in Santa Monica, California, and grew up in Eugene, Oregon, af ...
(born 1983), American opera soprano
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (; born Rachel Meghan Markle; August 4, 1981) is an American member of the British royal family and former actress. She is the wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of King Charles III.
Meghan was ...
(Rachel Meghan Markle; born 1981), former American actress and member of the British Royal Family
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Meaghan Martin
Meaghan Jette Martin () (born February 17, 1992) is an American actress and singer known for her work in film, television, and theatre. She is best known for her starring role in the ABC Family television series, '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' ...
, American actress
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Megan McKenna
Megan Elizabeth McKenna (born 26 September 1992) is an English television personality and singer. After making appearances on ''Ex on the Beach'' (2015–2016), she received wider attention for appearing on ''Celebrity Big Brother'' (2016) and ...
(born 1992), English actress and singer
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Megan McDonald
Megan Jo McDonald is an American children's literature author. Her most popular works is the series of books which concern a third grade girl named Judy Moody (written for grades 2–4). McDonald has also written many picture books for younger c ...
(born 1959), American writer
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Megan McDonnell
Megan McDonnell is an American screenwriter best known for her work on Marvel Cinematic Universe projects ''WandaVision'' (2021) and ''The Marvels'' (2023).
Education
McDonnell is a graduate of Harvard University where she was a member of th ...
, American screenwriter
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Meagan Miller
Meagan Miller is an American soprano with an active international career in opera, recital and concert.
Early life
Miller was born in Wilmington, Delaware and grew up in West Chester, Ohio and Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
She attended high school ...
, American opera soprano
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Megan Mullally
Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for playing Karen Walker on the NBC sitcom ''Will & Grace'' (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award no ...
(born 1958), American actress
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Megan Pauwels
Megan Pauwels (''née'' Foster; born 20 April 1976) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm off break bowler, she represented Victoria in 64 List A matches between the 1998–99 and 2007–08 seasons of the Women's National Cricket Leag ...
(born 1976), Australian cricketer
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Megyn Price
Megyn Samantha Price (born March 24, 1971) is an American actress, best known for her roles on television as Claudia Finnerty in the Fox/ WB sitcom ''Grounded for Life'' (2001–05), Audrey Bingham on the CBS sitcom ''Rules of Engagement'' (2007 ...
(born 1971), American actress
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Megan Rapinoe
Megan Anna Rapinoe (; born July 5, 1985) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger and captains OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the United States national team. Winner of the Ballon d ...
(born 1985), American soccer player
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Meaghan Rath
Meaghan Rath (born June 18, 1986) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is known for her television roles on '' Being Human'', '' 15/Love'', ''The Assistants'', and ''Hawaii Five-0''.
Personal life
Rath was born in Montreal, Quebec, C ...
, Canadian actress
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Meghan Roche
Meghan Roche (born September 13, 2000) is an American fashion model.
Career
Roche originally signed with Women Management at age 15, and debuted as a Givenchy exclusive, including a campaign shot by Steven Meisel. The next season, F/W 2018, R ...
(born 2000), American fashion model
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Meggan Rollandi, New Zealand artist
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