Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Meghann is a form of Megan. Megan comes from Welsh.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meghann through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,788
- 0 boys · 3,788 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 374 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 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 374 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,525 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Meghann’s family of names
In English usage, Meghann has a related form in Megan. In English usage, Meghann has a related form in Meghan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Meghann
- Meghann ShaughnessyAmerican tennis playerborn 1979
- Meghann FahyAmerican actressborn 1990
- Meg LanningAustralian cricketerborn 1992
- Meghann BurkeAmerican soccer playerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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