Girl or boy · Welsh
Morgan
Say it: MOR-gan
Meaning
Uncertain. From Old Welsh Morcant, perhaps mor 'great' or 'sea' plus cant 'circle' or 'bright'; 'sea-born' is a popular but unproven gloss.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
A man's name in medieval Wales; used for girls too since the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 260,401 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1995, about 1 in 162 girls
- 1,846 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Morcant
| French | Morgane |
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Famous bearers
- Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Early Welsh tales, poetry and genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.