Megan

See also: megan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Megan, cognate with English Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡən/, /ˈmiːɡən/, /ˈmeɪɡən/

• Audio (US):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːɡən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːɡɘn/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡən, -iːɡən

Proper noun

Megan

1. A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, from Welsh.
   • 1916, John Galsworthy, chapter VIII, in The Apple Tree:

     Was it true that twenty-six years had passed, or had he dreamed and awakened to find Megan waiting for him by the big apple tree?

   • 2023 August 6, Jeré Longman, “For Megan Rapinoe, an Ending Not Even She Could Have Imagined”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 17 August 2023:

     It ended in the most excruciating way for Megan Rapinoe: a penalty kick skied over the crossbar, shock, disappointment, a rueful smile to herself.

Related terms

• (modern nonstandard spellings): Meaghan, Meghan, Meagan

Translations

female given name

Arabic: ميغان (Myġān) French: Mégane (fr) f Welsh: Megan f

Anagrams

• Megna, Gemna, GenAm, AmEng, engma, mange, Ganem

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Megan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡan/ [ˈmɛː.ɣɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -eɡan
• Syllabification: Me‧gan

Proper noun

Megan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

1. a female given name from English

Welsh

Etymology

Originally a Welsh pet form of English Margaret, probably from Meg +‎ -an (a diminutive suffix used to form pet names), now often used as an independent given name.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːɡan/, /ˈmɛɡan/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡan

Proper noun

Megan f

1. a female given name

Mutation

Mutated forms of Megan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Megan	Fegan	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.