Given name
Morgann
“circling the bright sea; a sea dweller”
Morgann 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
Morgann 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
Morgann 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 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Morgann through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 758
- 0 boys · 758 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,523 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,523 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 742 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.
Morgann’s family of names
Morgann has a related form in Morgan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Morgann
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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