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Megan

  • /ˈmɛɡən/ UK
  • /ˈmɛɡən/ US
  • /ˈmiːɡən/ US
  • /ˈmeɪɡən/ US
  • /ˈmiːɡən/ Australia
  • /ˈmiːɡɘn/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɛɡən, -iːɡən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Welsh Megan, cognate with English Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, from Welsh. Was it true that twenty-six years had passed, or had he dreamed and awakened to find Megan waiting for him by the big apple tree?
  2. A locality in the Bellingen council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mommy, girl, huge, enormous, gigantic, colossal, massive, immense, vast, gargantuan, titanic, prodigious, monumental, mammoth, stupendous, tremendous

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name female given name

FrançaisMégane
العربيةميغان Myġān

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MLA

"Megan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/megan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Megan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/megan

Chicago

"Megan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/megan.

BibTeX
@misc{megan_2026,
  title = {Megan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/megan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}