Maygan

Girl · MAY-gun · Greek

Maygan is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Maygan mean?

Greek: spelling of Megan, a Welsh pet form of Margaret

“pearl”

Spelling of Megan, a Welsh pet form of Margaret, which comes from the Greek margarites, meaning pearl.

Say it: MAY-gun

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Is Maygan a girl's or a boy's name?

Maygan is a girls' name.

How popular is Maygan in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.

Half of all the girls named Maygan in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1976Busiest: 34 in 19972016

Maygan in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2016	5	#16,210
2015	0	–
2014	8	#11,925
2013	0	–
2012	5	#16,863
2011	0	–
2010	8	#12,270
2009	9	#11,454
2008	12	#9,472
2007	20	#6,548
2006	16	#7,480
2005	20	#5,994
2004	18	#6,484
2003	17	#6,571
2002	20	#5,669
2001	31	#4,021
2000	25	#4,644
1999	27	#4,197
1998	26	#4,235
1997	34	#3,362
1996	26	#4,054
1995	25	#4,094
1994	24	#4,233
1993	23	#4,387
1992	25	#4,082
1991	20	#4,802
1990	23	#4,225
1989	33	#3,159
1988	20	#4,303
1987	21	#3,980
1986	9	#7,130
1985	9	#6,952
1984	20	#3,873
1983	13	#5,147
1982	10	#6,369
1981	0	–
1980	0	–
1979	5	#10,208
1978	0	–
1977	0	–
1976	5	#9,282

Nicknames for Maygan

Meg

Names like Maygan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Teagan Kaitlyn Keegan Cassidy Devyn Regan Brynn Megan Reagan Rhiannon Brooklyn Mckenna

Names related to Maygan

Meagan Maegan Meaghan Magan Maeghan Maygen Meygan

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