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Morgan

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹɡən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɹɡən

Proper noun

Morgan (countable and uncountable, plural Morgans)

  1. (countable) A unisex given name.
    1. A male or female given name from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.
      • 2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post‎:
        Morgan Sanner, a 27-year-old human resources worker in Ohio, told New York magazine’s The Cut that she felt inspired to follow in the footsteps of other people — who she noticed were “taking significant breaks” from their careers — after going abroad for the first time.
      • 2025 November 13, David Hytner, “Saka and Eze strikes sink Serbia as England maintain perfect World Cup qualifying record”, in The Guardian‎:
        The first paper plane from the stands was cheered onto the fringes of the pitch in the 19th minute and it was certainly a sleepy start, despite the best efforts of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Rogers to inject a bit of tempo.
    2. A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
  2. (countable) A surname.
    • 2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, in ABA Journal‎:
      Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.
    1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
    2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
    3. A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (Merrigan).
    4. A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (Morahan).
  3. A placename:
    1. A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
    2. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
    3. A locale in the United States:
      1. A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
      2. A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
      3. A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan.
      4. A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
      5. A minor city in Bosque County, Texas.
      6. A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.
      7. A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
      8. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
      9. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
      10. An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
      11. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township.
  4. (Arthurian legend) Ellipsis of Morgan le Fay.

Usage notes

  • Traditionally a male given name, Morgan has become a female given name in English-speaking countries since the 1980s. In the United States and Canada the name is now more often a female given name.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Morgan (plural Morgans)

  1. A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
  2. A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
  3. (numismatic slang) A Morgan dollar.

Anagrams

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Swedish

Proper noun

Morgan c (genitive Morgans)

  1. a male given name borrowed from English

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or maur (“great”) (Welsh mawr) + cant (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Morgan m

  1. a male given name

Mutation

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
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