Megann
Feminine · “pearl”
Megann doubles a final n, which is something English words almost never do and English names do constantly. The list of ordinary words that end that way is about four items long, and every one of them is short.
How old is the name Megann?
Megann first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Megann alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 800 people named Megann are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Megann most popular?
Megann peaked in 1988, reaching #2646 nationally. See the whole 1988 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Megann
Inn, Ann, Finn, Jinn. That is very nearly the whole of it: English words ending in a doubled n, and all of them either borrowed, shortened or names. The rule English actually follows is that a doubled consonant marks the vowel before it as short, which is why we have dinner and diner, and that rule does its work in the middle of a word rather than at the end. At the end there is no vowel after it to protect, so the doubling has nothing to do. Names are exempt from all of this, because names are not required to be words. Megann doubles the n and the sound does not move, and the spelling is a little more distinctive on a page, which is exactly the trade being made.
Meaning
pearl
The name behind it is the Welsh Megan, itself built from Meg, and the pearl comes from the Greek word at the far end of that chain. The reading is settled. The doubled n is modern and carries nothing.
Pronouncing Megann
MEG-un
Two syllables with the stress in front. The doubled n makes no audible difference whatever.
Nicknames for Megann
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most girls named
- 198840 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2646reached in 1988
- Change vs 2009
- −40.0%6 in 2011, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Megann in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Megan in Welsh — related form
Meganns among us
people named Megann are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Megann sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The sound is thoroughly familiar, so nobody is ever stuck for how to say it.
- Meg is available as a short form from the first day and has centuries of use behind it.
- The meaning is settled and easy to hand a child in one word.
- Megan and Meghan are both far commoner, so this spelling will be corrected constantly.
- The extra letter cannot be heard, which means the spelling has to be given aloud every time.
- No reason is documented for the doubling, so there is nothing to say when someone asks why.
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Frequently asked
- How many Meganns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Megann are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Megann in 2025?
- Megann is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Megann with classmates?
- Megann will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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