The name Meghan is one of many variants of Megan, originally a Welsh diminutive of Margaret. This name is based on the Latin name Margarita, which was derived from the Greek word ‘margarites’ for ‘pearl’.
Meghan is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The name Meghan isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Meghan ranks 903. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 2 were named Meghan. In the entire USA, approximately 94,060 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Meghan. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The name Meghan is one of many variants of Megan, originally a Welsh diminutive of Margaret. This name is based on the Latin name Margarita, which was derived from the Greek word ‘margarites’ for ‘pearl’.
Outside of Wales, Megan, with... its various spellings, only really became known in the second half of the 20th century.
The name Meghan may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Meghan is apparently especially popular in New Hampshire. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 434 women in New Hampshire is called Meghan. In total, that’s 1,084 women who feel addressed when the name Meghan is shouted loudly across New Hampshire and who ensure that their name makes it to #132 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Meghan as the answer a total of 94,060 times. This places Meghan at #350 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Meghan as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a quite popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 8.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A and S are more common for girls' names.
With six letters, the name Meghan is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 8.5% of all girls' names start with an M, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the girls’ names starting with M is Mary.
If your name is Meghan and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Meghan, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Meghan
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Meghan sounds like this:
