Given name
Morgane
“circling the bright sea; a sea dweller”
Morgane is a variant of Morgan. One Welsh interpretation is “circling the bright sea; a sea dweller.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Morgane is a variant of Morgan. One Welsh interpretation is “circling the bright sea; a sea dweller.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Morgane is a variant of Morgan. A possible origin is Welsh, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Morgane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 208
- 0 boys · 208 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 16 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 382 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.
Morgane’s family of names
Morgane has a related form in Morgan. In French usage, Morgane has a conventional equivalent in the English form Morgan. In French usage, Morgane has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Morgana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Morgane
- Morgane PolanskiFrench-Polish actress (born 1993)
- Morgane DubledFrench modelborn 1984
- Morgane RiboutFrench judokaborn 1988
- Morgane OsyssekFrench gymnastborn 2002
- Morgane Charrecyclistborn 1990
- Morgane BelkhiterAlgerian and French footballerborn 1995
- Morgane TschiemberFrench sculptorborn 1976
- Morgane CostonFrench cyclistborn 1990
- Morgane PatruFrench fencerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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