Morgan

Morgan \mor-gan, mo-rg-an\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Morgan used as a short names for girl name, and more often so. Its pronunciation is MOWRGahN (English) ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Morgan: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

What is the origin of Morgan?

Morgan is largely used in the English and Welsh languages, and it is derived from Celtic origins. Morcant (Celtic) is an original form of Morgan. The name is of uncertain origin; it is of the first element 'mor' (sea) combined with 'cant' (edge, circle, completion) or else 'geni' (to be born, bright one). It has long been a Welsh name, famous from the 7th century Prince Morgan of Gwent who gave his name to Glamorgan in south Wales. The name has also been adopted by other English speakers. See short names for Morgan for more info. Morgan has 15 variants. Variants comprise baby name Morgaen, Morgaena definition, name Morgaene meaning, short names for Morgaine, Morgance name, name Morgane, name Morgann meaning, Morganne meaning and origin, Morgayne definition, Morghan meaning, name Morgin origin, name Morgon origin, what does the name Morgun mean, and what does the name Morgyn mean. The variant spelling what does the name Morgen mean is another English form. Morgan is a classic favorite. Currently it is still fairly popular as a baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was before. The name's popularity jumped from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1995, 0.062% of baby boys were given the name Morgan. It ranked at #236 then. The baby name has since declined in popularity. In 2010, its usage was 0.024% and its ranking #518, but it was nonetheless the most frequently used out of all boy names in its group. Though Morgan is currently more often than not a girl name, there was a period before 1979 when more boys were given the name. From 1980 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Morgan. In 2009, the name Morgan was given to 8 times as many girls than boys.

A famous person named Morgan is Actor, Morgan Freeman, born 1 June 1937, Memphis, Tennessee.

List of baby names that sound like Morgan:

Marcin definition (Polish), name Margin meaning (Indian), meaning of Marhjuan, Marjan meaning and origin (Slavic), baby name Marjuan, Markam pronounciation, Markham definition (English), Marquan pronounciation, name Marquon origin, name Marshaun meaning, name Marshawn origin, what does the name Marshon mean, Meirchion meaning and origin (Welsh), Mergim meaning of name (Albanian), Merzen meaning and origin, baby name Merzon, meaning of Merzun, what does the name Mirzen mean, Mirzon meaning, and Mirzun meaning of name.

The baby name Morgan fun facts:

The name Morgan in reverse order is "Nagrom".

The numerological value of the name Morgan is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Morgan?

Morgan is in the top names in USA.