Entry № 6689 · Welsh origin

Meghan Meghan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEG-an /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Pearl (Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Welsh)

A name that means "pearl (meghan markle, duchess of sussex)".

Meghan is a Welsh variant of Megan — the Welsh diminutive of Margaret, from the Greek margarites (pearl). Northwestern grad; Suits actress 2011-2017.

Subject of countless royal histories.

Pearl (Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex) — a Welsh name.

The name in its native script.

Meghan
Transliteration
Meghan
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɛɡ.ən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Meghan stands.

Meghan does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Meghans before her.

Real people
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
American Duchess and former royal.
born 1981
Meghan Trainor
American singer.
born 1993
In fiction
Meghan
Various American TV.

Names connected to Meghan.

The number behind Meghan.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Meghan reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.