Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Megyn 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 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Megyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 460
- 0 boys · 460 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 52 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 506 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.
Megyn’s family of names
In English usage, Megyn has a related form in Megan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Megyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Megyn, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“having smooth skin”
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“one who is dearly loved”
>99% girls