Meygan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-gan
- Origin
- Welsh
Meygan is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “pearl”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Meygan mean?
Welsh: respelling of Megan, a Welsh pet form of Margaret
“pearl”
A respelling of Megan, the Welsh pet form of Meg, itself short for Margaret.
Is Meygan a girl's or a boy's name?
Meygan is a girls' name.
How popular is Meygan in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Meygan in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meygan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Nicknames for Meygan
Names like Meygan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Keegan, Brynn, Regan, Devyn, Kerrigan, Tegan, Kayden, Cassidy, Brecken, Rhiannon, Kaitlyn
Names related to Meygan
Megan, Meghan, Maegan, Meghana, Maeghan, Megyn, Meghann, Meggan
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
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, “Meygan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meygan, updated 20 October 2026.