Morgan (given name)
Morgan is a Celtic given name traditionally used in Wales, Brittany and Scotland. In the UK and Ireland it is traditionally a male name, though also increasingly used for girls too.
In the United States, by contrast, it is more commonly used as a unisex name. It was the 63rd most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2010 and the 518th most popular name for boys born there in 2010. The name is also used for both sexes in other English-speaking countries, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.[1] It is also frequently used in Brittany, where it is traditionally a male name.
The male and female names may not be the same name in origin. The male name is a descendant of Old Welsh Morcant, possibly derived from mor (meaning "sea") and cant (meaning "circle"),[1] with the meaning "sea chief" or "sea defender".[2]
People
Female
- Morgan Brian (born 1993), American soccer player
- Morgan Brittany (born 1951), American actress
- Morgan Featherstone, Australian fashion model
- Morgan Fairchild, American actress
- Morgan le Fay, legendary enchantress
- Morgan Pressel, American professional golfer
- Morgan Webb, American television presenter and producer
- Morgan York, American author and former child actress
Male
- King Morcant Bulc
- Morgan of Mar
- Morgan Earp, American policeman
- Morgan Fisher, musician/photographer
- Morgan Freeman, American actor
- Morgan Green, American footballer
- Morgan Jones (disambiguation), several people
- Morgan Nicholls, English musician
- Morgan Philips Price, British politician
- Morgan Phillips, General Secretary of the British Labour Party
- Morgan Spurlock, documentary maker
- Morgan Schneiderlin, French soccer player
- Morgan Tsvangirai, former prime minister of Zimbabwe
- Morgan Ward, American mathematician
- Morgan (bishop)
- Morgan (singer), Italian (real name Marco Castoldi)
Notes
- 1 2 Cambell, Mike. "Morgan (1)". Behind the Name. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ "Morgan". Surname Database. Retrieved 2014-03-01.