Meg is a feminine given name, often a short form of

Margaret Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...

Megan Megan is a 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 names for women in ...

Megumi is a Japanese feminine given name. In Japanese, the word megumi means "blessing; grace." Written forms While the word megumi means blessing and can be written using that kanji, it may also be spelled using other kanji, such as the kanji for l ...

(Japanese), etc. It may refer to:

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Meg (singer) Meg (Yorichika Keiko (); born October 3, 1980),
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(born 1980), Japanese singer *

Meg Baird Meg Baird is an American musician based in San Francisco, California, United States, who, in addition to her solo career, is known as a founding member, lead vocalist, and drummer for Heron Oblivion, along with members from Assemble Head in Sunb ...

, American musician *

Meg Bateman Vivienne Margaret 'Meg' Bateman (born 1959) is a Scottish academic, poet and short story writer. She is best known for her works written in Scottish Gaelic; however, she has also published work in the English language. Education and career Ba ...

, Scottish writer * Meg Bellamy, British actress * Meg Bennett (1948–2024), American screenwriter and actress * Meg Beresford (born 1937), British campaigner against nuclear weapons and activist *

Meg Brown Meg Brown is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch), Labor Party in the Division of Franklin (state), Division of Franklin at the 2024 Tasmanian state electi ...

, Australian politician *

Meg Bussert Meg Bussert (born October 21, 1949) is an American actress, singer and a university professor. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois,Meg Cabot Meggin Patricia Cabot (born February 1, 1967) is an American novelist. She has written and published over 50 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series ''The Princess Diaries'', which was later adapted b ...

(born 1967), American author of romantic and paranormal fiction * Meg Burton Cahill (born 1954), American politician and former Arizona state senator * Meg Campbell (1937–2007), New Zealand poet *

Meg Christian Meg Christian (born 1946 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American folk singer associated with the women's music movement. Early life and career Christian was born in Tennessee in 1946 and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia. She has spoken about being ...

(born 1946), American folk musician *

Meg Connery Meg Connery (27 June 1881 – 6 December 1958) was an Irish suffragist from Westport, County Mayo, Westport, County Mayo. Known for her wit and bravery, she was a prominent member of the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL) and participated i ...

(1881–1958), suffragist organizer and activist *

Meg Cranston Meg Cranston (born 1960) is an American artist who works in sculpture and painting. She is also a writer. Early life and education Cranston was born in Baldwin, New York. She earned a B.A. in Anthropology/Sociology from Kenyon College in Ohio i ...

(born 1960), American artist *

Meg Crofton Meg Gilbert Crofton (born Mary Elizabeth Gilbert in 1953) is an American businesswoman, who served as president of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts in the United States and France. She was named to the position on August 7, 2006, replacing Al Weiss, ...

, American businesswoman *

Meg Daly Marymegan Daly is an American evolutionary biologist and academic administrator who is the associate dean of undergraduate education at the Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences. She is a professor in the department of evolution, ecol ...

, American evolutionary biologist *

Meg Davis Meg Davis (born January 28, 1953) is an American singer of traditional music. She is also a songwriter, best known for her classic ballad "Captain Jack and the Mermaid" (recorded by many world folk groups such as De Dannan). She is known primar ...

, American singer of traditional music *

Meg DeLacy Meg DeLacy is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Shiv (comics), Cindy Burman in the DC Universe (streaming service), DC Universe series ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl''. Early life DeLacy was born and raised in Sout ...

(born 1996), American actress and singer *

Meg Donnelly Meg Elizabeth Donnelly (born July 25, 2000) is an American actress. She played Taylor Otto in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''American Housewife'' (2016–2021), Addison Wells in the Disney Channel film series Zombies (franchise), ...

(born 2000), American actress *

Meg Downie Meg Downie (born 3 January 1989) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. AFLW career Downie was recruited by Melbourne as a free agent in October 2016. She made ...

(born 1989), Australian rules footballer *

Meg Duffy Meg Duffy is an American musician and guitarist who has played as a Session musician, studio musician on records by The War on Drugs (band), The War on Drugs, Weyes Blood, Perfume Genius, Sasami, and William Tyler (musician), William Tyler, amo ...

, American musician *

Meg Elis Meg Ann Elis (born 26 October 1950), also known as Marged Dafydd, Marged Elis or Margaret Dafydd, is a Welsh writer, translator and language activist. She stood unsuccessfully as a Plaid Cymru candidate for the Delyn constituency in the National ...

(born 1950), Welsh writer, translator and language activist *

Meg Elison Meg Elison (born May 10, 1982) is an American author and feminist essayist whose writings often incorporate the themes of female empowerment, body positivity, and gender flexibility. Her debut novel, ''The Book of the Unnamed Midwife'', won the ...

(born 1982), American author and feminist essayist *

Meg Emmerich Meg Rodrigues Vitorino Emmerich (born 23 October 1986) is a Brazilian para judoka. Early life Emmerich was born in São Paulo, capital of the state of São Paulo, in 1986. She was born with optic nerve atrophy, a hereditary disease that causes ...

(born 1986), Brazilian para judoka *

Meg Farquhar Margaret Farquhar (April 29, 1910 – November 9, 1988) was the first female professional golfer in Britain Britain most often refers to: * Great Britain, a large island comprising the countries of England, Scotland and Wales * The United Ki ...

(1910–1988), British professional golfer *

Meg Foster Margaret "Meg" Foster (born May 10, 1948) is an American film and television actress. Some of her many roles were in the 1979 TV miniseries version of '' The Scarlet Letter'', and the films '' Ticket to Heaven'', ''The Osterman Weekend'' and '' ...

(born 1948), American actress *

Meg Frampton Meg & Dia is an American rock band formed in 2004. It was founded by sisters Meg and Dia Frampton before becoming a five-piece act (renamed Cowards Courage and released the CD ''Straight Out of a Story Book in Las Vegas'') where they started, ...

(born 1985), guitarist and back-up singer for the band Meg & Dia *

Meg Froelich Meg M. Froelich is an American politician serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 3rd district, which includes Greenwood Village, Colorado. Froelich assumed office on January 14, 2019. Early life and education F ...

, American politician from Colorado * Meg Gaillard, American yacht racer * Meg Gallagher (1950–2000), American actress * Meg Gardiner (born 1957), American novelist * Meg Greenfield (1930–1999), American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer and columnist *

Meg Griffin Megan "Meg" Griffin is a fictional character from the American animated television series ''Family Guy''. She first appeared in the show's pilot episode, " Death Has a Shadow", on January 31, 1999. The character was originally voiced by La ...

(born 1953), American radio disc jockey *

Meg Griffiths Meg Griffiths is a photographer based in Denton, Texas. Griffiths studied photography at Savannah College of Art and Design, completing a master's in fine arts in 2012. The following year she was named on PDN's 30 New and Emerging Photographe ...

, American photographer * Meg Harding, American politician * Meg Harris (born 2002), Australian swimmer * Meg Hemphill (born 1996), Japanese track and field athlete *

Meg Hillier Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier (born 14 February 1969), known as Meg Hillier, is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney South and Shoreditch since 2005. Hillier was a junior governm ...

(born 1969), British Labour Co-op politician *

Meg Hughes Meg Hughes is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder. She played college soccer for the Providence Friars and the Michigan State Spartans. College career Hughes played four seasons for the Providence Friars, being named the Big Eas ...

, American soccer player * Meg Hutchins (born 1982), Australian rules footballer * Meg Hutchinson (born 1978), American folk singer-songwriter *

Meg Imperial Mary Grace "Meg" Baydal Imperial (born January 20, 1993) is a Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and model. She was known as QT in '' Midnight DJ'' when she firstly appeared in televisions in 2009, a defunct horror show of TV5. She was previou ...

(born 1993), Filipino actress * Meg Jackson, American screenwriter * Meg Jacobs, American historian * Meg Jayanth (born 1987), British video game writer * Meg Johnson (disambiguation), several people * Meg Kelly, American television soap opera screenwriter * Meg Kendal (born 1989), Irish cricketer *

Meg Kissinger Meg Kissinger is an American investigative journalist and a visiting professor at Columbia University. Biography She is the author of “While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence”, published by Macm ...

, American investigative reporter *

Meg Lanning Meghann Moira Lanning (born 25 March 1992) is an Australian cricketer who formerly captained the national women's team. Lanning has been a member of seven successful world championship campaigns, winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and five ...

(born 1992), Australian cricketer *

Meg Lee Chin Meg Lee Chin is a Taiwanese American singer, songwriter, sound engineer and video producer who lives in London, England. She is known as an early pioneer of the home studio revolution and female-produced music. As an early adopter of computer-ba ...

(born 1960), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the group Pigface *

Meg Lees Meg Heather Lees (née Francis, born 19 October 1948) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Senate from 1990 to 2005, representing the state of South Australia. She represented the Australian Democrats from 1990 to 2002, a ...

(born 1948), Australian politician * Meg LeFauve (born 1969), American screenwriter (co-nominated for the Academy Award for ''Inside Out'') and producer *

(born 1948), Australian politician * Meg Lemon (born 1989), Australian Paralympic cyclist *

Meg Lemonnier Marguerite Gabrielle Lemonnier (née Clark; 15 May 1905 – 12 June 1988) was a British-born French singer and film actress. Lemonnier played the female lead in the comedy '' George and Georgette'' (1933).Prawer p.193 Selected filmography * '' ...

(1905–1998), British-born French actress * Meg Leonard, British screenwriter, producer and director * Meg Loughran Cappel, American politician *

Meg Mac Megan McInerney, known by her stage name Meg Mac, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. She signed to littleBIGMAN Records in 2014, locally, and 300 Entertainment in the United States. Early life and education Megan McInerney was b ...

, Australian musical artist * Meg Macdonald, Australian rules footballer *

Meg Mallon Meg Mallon (born April 14, 1963) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1987 and won 18 LPGA Tour events, including four major championships, during her career. Mallon was inducted into the World Golf Hall o ...

(born 1963), American LPGA golfer * Meg Mason, American author * Meg McCall (1931–1997), Canadian politician * Meg McDonald (born 1991), Australian rules footballer * Meg McKinlay, Australian children’s writer * Meg McLaughlin (born 1995), Australian soccer player *

Meg Medina Meg Medina is an American children’s book author of Cuban descent whose books celebrate Latino culture and the lives of young people. She served as th2023 – 2024 National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature Medina is the recipient of t ...

(born 1963), American children’s writer *

Meg Meeker Margaret J. Meeker (born 1957) is an American pediatrician and author of books on parenting from a Christian perspective. Career Her commentary on the rise of teenage sexually transmitted diseases has caught attention in education and popular p ...

(born 1957), American pediatrician and author * Meg Miners (born 1944), Rhodesian swimmer * Meg Miroshnik, American playwright * Meg Morris (born 1992), American National Women's Soccer League player * Meg Mundy (1915–2016), American actress *

Meg Munn Margaret Patricia Munn (born 1959) served as a Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley from 2001 to 2015. After leaving Parliament, she has served in a variety of roles across the public sector, academia and international bodies. Before Parliament Mun ...

(born 1959), British Labour Co-op politician * Meg Muñoz, advocate for sex workers * Meg Myers (born 1986), American musician * Meg Myles (1934–2019), American pin-up model, singer and actress *

Meg Okura Meg Okura (born August 9, 1973) is an American jazz violinist, composer, erhu player, and leader of the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, based in New York City. She is also a member of the band Pharaoh's Daughter, Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Bro ...

(born 1973), Japanese musician * Meg Oliver (born 1970), American journalist * Meg Onli (born 1983), American curator *

Meg Otanwa Meg Otanwa (born 14 February) is a Nigerian actress and former banker. She had her Nollywood debut in 2011 in the film, ''I'll Take My Chances'' and had featured in films such as ''October 1'' (2018), '' Ojuju'' (2014), ''Kpians: The Feast of S ...

, Nigerian actress *

Meg Patterson Margaret Angus Patterson Order of the British Empire, MBE (9 November 1922 – 25 July 2002) was a Scottish surgeon and medical missionary in India and Hong Kong. She claimed to be able to treat drug addiction using electric shocks, something s ...

(1922–2002), Scottish surgeon * Meg Pearce, Australian field hockey player * Meg Phillips (born 1996), Australian cricketer * Meg Scott Phipps, American politician *

Meg Randall Meg Randall (born Genevieve Roberts;''The Milwaukee Journal'', September 18, 1949, Jesse Daniels, Hollywood, "It Paid Her to Do Nothing", Milwaukee, WI, p. 5. August 1, 1926 – July 20, 2018) was an American film actress. She was active in motio ...

(1926–2018), American actress * Meg Ritchie (born 1952), Scottish discus thrower and shot putter *

Meg Rosoff Meg Rosoff (born 16 October 1956) is an American writer based in London, United Kingdom. She is best known for the novel '' How I Live Now'' (Puffin, 2004), which won the Guardian Prize, the Printz Award, the Branford Boase Award and made ...

(born 1956), American novelist *

Meg Russell Meg Russell is a constitutional scholar of British politics. She is Professor of British and Comparative Politics at University College London. Biography Russell worked in the House of Commons and for the British Labour Party before taking up a ...

, British political scientist *

Meg Ryan Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961), known by her stage name Meg Ryan, is an American actress. Known for her leading roles as quirky, charismatic women since the late 1980s, Ryan is particularly recognized for her work in ...

(born 1961), American actress *

Meg Saligman Meg Saligman is an internationally recognized United States, American artist. She is best known for large scale murals and has painted more than fifty murals internationally, including several of the largest murals in the United States. The artist ...

, American artist * Meg Smaker, American filmmmaker *

Meg Sneed Meg Sneed (born 1982) is an LGBTQ activist from Phoenix who founded the Right to Marry: Arizona campaign and cofounded the H.E.R.O. (Human and Equal Rights Organizers) organization. LGBT work During 2006, Meg Sneed participated as a member of t ...

(born 1982), American activist * Meg Steedle, American actress * Meg Stuart (born 1965), American choreographer and dancer * Meg Taylor, Papua New Guinean politician *

Meg Thalken Meg Thalken is an American stage, film and television actress, known to television viewers for her work on '' ER''. Filmography *'' Chicago Story'' (1 episode, 1982) (TV) *''Class'' (1983) *''Through Naked Eyes'' (1983) (TV Movie) *'' Jack ...

(born 1954), American actress *

Meg Tilly Meg Tilly (born Margaret Elizabeth Chan on February 14, 1960) is an American-Canadian actress and writer. For her role in the 1985 film '' Agnes of God'', she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting A ...

(born 1960), Canadian-American actress, born Margaret Elizabeth Chan *

Meg Turney Megan LeeAnn Turney (born March 12, 1987) is an American Twitch streamer, internet personality, cosplayer, glamour model, Onlyfans model and vlogger. She became an internet personality through her hosting work, formerly with SourceFed and Roost ...

(born 1987), American YouTube personality * Meg Twycross, UK historian and medievalist *

Meg Urry Claudia Megan Urry is an American astrophysicist, who has served as the President of the American Astronomical Society, as chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University, and as part of the Hubble Space Telescope faculty.Eileen Pollack"Why ...

, American astrophysicist * Meg Wade (born 1961), Australian equestrian * Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959), American novelist * Meg Ward (DJ), British disc jockey and record producer *

Meg Ward Meg Ward (born 18 August 1994) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Valleys Diehards in the QRL Women's Premiership. She is an Australian and Queensland ...

(born 1994), Australian international rugby league footballer *

Meg Webb Megan Therese Webb (born 6 October 1974) is an Australian politician and community sector worker. At the periodic elections in May 2019, she was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for Nelson, replacing long-ti ...

(born 1974), Australian politician and community sector worker *

Meg Webster Meg Webster (born 1944) is an American artist from San Francisco working primarily in sculpture and installation art. While her works span multiple media, she is most well known for her artworks that feature natural elements. She is closely affili ...

, American artist * Meg Westergren (born 1932), Swedish actress *

Meg White Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974) is an American retired musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the rock duo the White Stripes. Though she typically performed backing vocals for the band, she occasionally sang le ...

(born 1974), American drummer, half of the rock duo The White Stripes (with former husband Jack White) *

Meg Whitman Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is an American business executive, diplomat, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, she ran for governor of California in the 2010 California gubernatorial election and lost to former Ca ...

(born 1956), former CEO of eBay and California gubernatorial candidate * Meg Wittner (born 1950), American actress *

Meg Wolitzer Meg Wolitzer (born May 28, 1959) is an American novelist, known for '' The Wife'', ''The Ten-Year Nap'', ''The Uncoupling,'' ''The Interestings'', and ''The Female Persuasion.'' She is a co-director of the BookEnds writing fellowship program at St ...

(born 1959), American author * Meg Woolf (1923–2023), British artist *

Meg Wyllie Margaret Gillespie Wyllie (February 15, 1917 – January 1, 2002) was an American actress who appeared primarily on television. She portrayed Mrs. Kissel in ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (1963–1964). Early years Born in Honolulu, ...

(1917–2002), American actress *

Meg Wynn Owen Margaret Wright ( Shuttleworth, 8 November 1939 – June 2022), better known as Meg Wynn Owen, was a British actress known for her role as Hazel Bellamy in '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. She also appeared in ''Gosford Park'', ''Love Actually, Pride ...

(1939–2022), British actress *

Long Meg of Westminster Long may refer to: Measurement * Long, characteristic of something of great duration * Long, characteristic of something of great length * Longitude (abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate * Longa (music), note value in early music mens ...

(16th-century) English tavern keeper * Margarete Pioresan, known as ''Meg'' (born 1956), Brazilian football goalkeeper *

(born 2000), American actress mostly known for her work with Disney Channel *Meg (Maria Di Donna), Italian singer and former member of band

99 Posse 99 Posse is an Italian hip hop/reggae group from Naples. It raps both in Italian and in the local Neapolitan language. Most of 99 Posse's songs deal with political or social issues, and the group members are considered left-wing hardliners. As a ...

and duo Nous

Fictional characters

* The Meg, the titlular megalodon shark in: ** the 1997 novel series ''

The Meg ''The Meg'' is a 2018 science fiction action film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber, loosely based on the 1997 novel '' Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror'' by Steve Alten. The film stars Jas ...

'' ** the 2018 action movie ''

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, one of the main characters on the animated television show ''Family Guy'' * Margaret March, in Louisa May Alcott's novels ''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters— Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details th ...

'', ''

Little Men Little Men: ''Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys'', is a children's novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). First published in 1871 by Roberts Brothers, the book reprises characters from Alcott's 1868–69 two-volume novel ''Li ...

'' and ''

Jo's Boys ''Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men"'' is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1886. The novel is the final book in the unofficial ''Little Women'' series. In it, the March sisters' children ...

'' *

Meg Masters Meg Masters is a fictional character on The CW Television Network's drama and horror television series ''Supernatural''. Created by the series' writers to develop a story arc for the first season, Meg is an unnamed demon who assumes the name of t ...

, on the television show ''Supernatural'' *

Meg Murry The ''Time Quintet'' is a fantasy/science fiction series of five young adult novels written by American author Madeleine L'Engle. The quintet includes ''A Wrinkle in Time'' (1962), '' A Wind in the Door'' (1973), '' A Swiftly Tilting Planet'' (1 ...

, in Madeleine L'Engle's ''Time Quintet'' novels *

Meg Snyder Margaret "Meg" Snyder (previously Reyes, Stricklyn, Montgomery, and Ryan) is a character on the CBS daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns''. Meg is known as the grown daughter of the Snyder family, a central family in the fictional town of Oakda ...

, on the American soap opera ''As the World Turns'' * ''

Meg! Meg! (with the exclamation mark) is a comic strip by Greg Curfman and distributed by United Feature Syndicate. The main characters are Meg, an elementary-age soccer player, her little brother Mike (victim of Meg's pranks), their parents, and Meg ...

'', a comic strip * Meg (''Hercules'') * Meg, a minor character in ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * Margaret "Meg" McCaffrey, a supporting character in ''

The Trials of Apollo ''The Trials of Apollo'' is a pentalogy of fantasy adventure and mythological fiction novels written by American author Rick Riordan that collectively form a sequel to the '' Heroes of Olympus'' series. It is set in the same world as Riordan's ...

'' by Rick Riordan * , a character from the ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicated to the task of ass ...

'' manga and anime series * '' Meg and Mog'', a series of children's books *Meg, a brawler from the mobile game ''

Brawl Stars ''Brawl Stars'' is a multiplayer online battle arena and third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by Finnish video game company Supercell (company), Supercell. The game was released worldwide on 12 December 2018, on iOS an ...

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