Megan
See also: megan
English edit
Etymology edit
From Welsh Megan, cognate with English Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɡən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɡən/, /ˈmiːɡən/, /ˈmeɪɡən/
Audio (US) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmiːɡən/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmiːɡɘn/
- Rhymes: -ɛɡən, -iːɡən
Proper noun edit
Megan
- 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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Proper noun edit
Megan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜄᜈ᜔)
- a female given name from English
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɡan/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːɡan/, /ˈmɛɡan/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡan
Proper noun edit
Megan f
- a female given name
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |