Morgan

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Morgan is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname188K records spelled Morgan4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia

  Also written Morgán

98 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Morgan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Irish, Welsh name, perhaps ‘sea-born’; used in Ireland for Murchadh and Brochadh.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In French, Welsh name from mór ‘sea’ + cant ‘circle, edge’; origin debated

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Welsh name, perhaps 'sea-born' or 'sea-circle'.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, from OBret/OW/Cornish Morcant, Welsh Morgan, Pictish Morgunn; first attested Morganus 1159 P (Gl)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In Welsh, From Morgan, traditionally linked to Pelagius; early citation in Theophilus Evans, DPQ2 219.

  as a name·Welsh Surnames

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Henry Morganb. 1631GBWelsh pirate (1635-1688)
• Daniel Morganb. 1736USAmerican pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)
• Augustus De Morganb. 1806GBBritish mathematician and logician (1806–1871)
• Thomas Hunt Morganb. 1866USAmerican biologist (1866–1945)
• Tracy Morganb. 1968USAmerican actor and comedian
• Stephenie Meyerb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican author
• Rob Morganb. 1973USAmerican actor
• Alex Morganb. 1989USAmerican soccer player
• Lindsey Morganb. 1990USAmerican actress
• Liv Morganb. 1994USAmerican professional wrestler

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,411 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Morgan?

We estimate roughly 291 thousand people bear Morgan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Morgan have the most bearers?

We estimate about 286 thousand people bear Morgan in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled morgan.

Where is Morgan most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Morgan is densest in St. Vincent & Grenadines — about 1 in 344 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Morgan compared with other names?

In the United States, Morgan is the 61st most common surname of 7,257,200 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Morgan mean?

Recorded meaning: from an Old Celtic personal name probably meaning literally ‘sea-bright’.