Megan at a glance
- Meaning
- “pearl”
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- Pronunciation
- MEG-un
- Nicknames
- Meg
- Other forms
- Meghan, Meagan, Mégane
Where the name Megan comes from
Megan is a Welsh pet form of Meg, which is short for Margaret. For a long time it was used mostly in Wales. It spread across Britain, the US and Australia in the 1980s and 1990s.