Megan

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡən/, /ˈmiːɡən/, /ˈmeɪɡən/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːɡən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːɡɘn/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡən, -iːɡən

Megan

1. A female given name from Welsh, diminutive of Margaret.
   • 1916, John Galsworthy, chapter VIII, in The Apple Tree:

     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?

• (modern nonstandard spellings): Meaghan, Meghan, Meagan

• Ganem, GenAm, Megna, engma, mange

Borrowed from English Megan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡan/, [ˈmɛ.ɣɐn]
• Hyphenation: Me‧gan

Megan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

1. a female given name from English

Originally a Welsh pet form of English Margaret, probably from Meg +‎ -an (a diminutive suffix used to form pet names), now often used as an independent given name.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːɡan/, /ˈmɛɡan/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡan

Megan f

1. a female given name