Megan

See also: megan

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɡən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɡən/, /ˈmiːɡən/, /ˈmeɪɡən/
  • (file)
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmiːɡən/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmiːɡɘn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡən, -iːɡən

Proper noun

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?

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Megan.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Megan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. a female given name from English

Welsh

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɡan/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːɡan/, /ˈmɛɡan/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡan

Proper noun

Megan f

  1. a female given name

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Megan Fegan unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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