Given name & surname
Meegan
“descendant of Miadachán”
Meegan is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Meegan is a form of Meehan. Meehan goes back to Irish Ó Miadhacháin, meaning “descendant of Miadachán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Meegan is a form of Meehan. Meehan comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meegan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 979
- 0 boys · 979 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 61 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 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 61 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 915 as a first name in 2020; 947 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.
Meegan’s family of names
Meegan has a related form in Megan. In English usage, Meegan as a surname has a related form in MEEHAN.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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