Entry № 6998 · Welsh origin

Morgan Morgan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MOR-gan /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Sea-born, sea circle"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "sea-born, sea circle".

Morgan comes from the Welsh Morcant — composed of mor (sea) and cant (circle, edge) — meaning "sea circle" or "sea-born." Morgan le Fay, the powerful enchantress and half-sister of King Arthur in Arthurian legend, is the most famous mythological bearer.

Today it sits in the U.S. top 600 and remains a recognizable American classic.

Sea-born. Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend.

The name in its native script.

Morgan
Transliteration
Morgan
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɔːr.ɡən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Morgan stands.

Morgan 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.

Morgans before her.

Real people
Morgan Fairchild
American actress.
born 1950
In fiction
Morgan le Fay
Enchantress and half-sister of King Arthur.
Arthurian legend

Names connected to Morgan.

The number behind Morgan.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Morgan reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.