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Mehgan

Gender
Girl
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Origin
Greek

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

What does Mehgan 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.

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

Mehgan is a girls' name.

How popular is Mehgan in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.

Half of all the girls named Mehgan in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.

1976Busiest: 36 in 19862012
Mehgan in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20126#14,956
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20066#15,147
20055#16,455
20040–
20036#13,837
20028#11,102
200121#5,359
20007#11,794
199918#5,655
199817#5,794
199713#6,839
199614#6,387
199512#7,036
199427#3,887
199319#4,992
199223#4,375
199130#3,534
199025#3,998
198928#3,560
198822#4,010
198734#2,850
198636#2,681
198528#3,169
198434#2,676
198318#4,108
198219#4,024
198120#3,858
198015#4,742
19799#6,694
19788#6,946
19777#7,565
19768#6,609

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Mehgan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehgan, updated 20 October 2026.