Given name
Morag
“one who embraces the sun”
In Scottish use, Morag is used as a spelling variant of Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who embraces the sun.”
How it developed
In Scottish use, Morag is used as a spelling variant of Gaelic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Morag through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 9 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 6 in 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 247 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Morag
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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