Meghann

Where Meghann comes from

The dictionaries list Meghann as a given name — a female given name from Welsh, a rare modern spelling variant of Megan — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Welsh
Along the way
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #1,877 among girls, 53 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Meghann Shaughnessy born
    American tennis player
  3. 1979
    Peak, #517
    374 babies named Meghann — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #889.
  5. 1990
    Meghann Fahy born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh, a rare modern spelling variant of Megan.
Namesakes
  • Meghann Shaughnessy · American tennis player, born 1979
  • Meghann Fahy · American actress, born 1990
  • Meghann Burke · American soccer player, born 1980
  • Meghann Wadsak · Austrian ski jumper, born 2007
  • Meghann Haldeman · American actor and television actor, born 1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.