Given name

Megs

Megs is a feminine given name.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

In English usage, Megs is a diminutive of Margaret. In English usage, Megs is a diminutive of Megan.

The story

In English use, Megs is a variant of Meg. The history of Meg gives this family its wider story. Meg March is one of the four sisters in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Meg developed from the older short form Mag and was especially associated with Scottish use before spreading more widely.

Explained through its name family

Megs’s family of names

In English usage, Megs is a diminutive of Margaret. In English usage, Megs has a related form in Meg. In English usage, Megs is a diminutive of Megan.

Walk Megs’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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