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Meagen
How to Pronounce Meagen
Pronounced MEE-guhn /ˈmiː.ɡən/High
Meaning: Meagen is one of many 1980s respellings of Megan, a Welsh diminutive of Marged (Margaret), which comes ultimately from Greek margarites, 'pearl'. It inherits Margaret's meaning through Megan.Medium
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History & Origin
Meagen is a variant of Megan, a Welsh diminutive of Marged, the Welsh form of Margaret, from Greek margarites, 'pearl'. Megan was one of the defining girls' names of the nineteen-eighties, and as it soared parents reached for individual spellings; Meagen is one such form, appearing in American records mainly from the nineteen-seventies onward.
It crested in 1985, at the height of the Megan wave, and faded as the whole cluster cooled after the nineteen-nineties. Meagen reads as a very specific eighties spelling worn by women now in their late thirties and forties; the parent Megan endures, but this variant is dated rather than revived.
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What does the name Meagen mean?
Meagen is a variant of Megan, a Welsh form of Margaret, from Greek meaning 'pearl'.
How do you pronounce Meagen?
It's said MEE-guhn /ˈmiː.ɡən/ — two syllables, stress on the first, like Megan.
Is Meagen a boy or girl name?
Meagen is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Meagen?
Meagen was an uncommon spelling that crested in the mid-eighties with the Megan boom and faded after the nineties.