Given name & surname
Magan
“one who is competent”
Magan is used as a given name and a surname. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who is competent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who is competent.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Anglo-Saxon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Magan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,739
- 0 boys · 2,739 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 181 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 181 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,759 as a first name in 2020; 877 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Magan’s family of names
Magan has a related form in Megan. Magan has a related form in Magen. Magan has a related form in Magin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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