Meg Forename
18,725th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 49,295 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Meg Forename Definition:
MEGGIE or MEGGY. Diminutives of Margaret; or rather, Meg is such a diminutive, while Meggie is either an endearing, or a more familiar, form of Meg.
Read More About This ForenameMeg Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 30,788 | 1:11,775 | 1,187 |
| Australia | - | 5,862 | 1:2,330 | 413 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,923 | 1:17,230 | 1,643 |
| England | 100% | 1,740 | 1:31,956 | 1,759 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,264 | 1:140,478 | 6,960 |
| Poland | 100% | 990 | 1:38,411 | 1,114 |
| India | 85% | 968 | 1:1,255,039 | 76,292 |
| Ghana | 100% | 955 | 1:28,258 | 1,855 |
| Brazil | 100% | 871 | 1:245,966 | 10,234 |
| New Zealand | - | 532 | 1:8,526 | 966 |
| Philippines | 75% | 440 | 1:240,931 | 10,060 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Japan | - | 225 | 1:568,827 | 11,748 |
| Kenya | - | 217 | 1:213,397 | 8,449 |
| South Africa | 90% | 215 | 1:253,640 | 15,149 |
| Scotland | 100% | 203 | 1:26,356 | 1,135 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 125 | 1:135,217 | 6,116 |
| China | - | 121 | 1:11,289,717 | 59,731 |
| Bhutan | 98% | 119 | 1:6,932 | 483 |
| Pakistan | 63% | 115 | 1:1,690,067 | 24,423 |
| Sweden | 100% | 84 | 1:117,356 | 4,819 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Wales | 100% | 76 | 1:40,715 | 1,568 |
| France | 100% | 70 | 1:949,576 | 7,628 |
| Russia | 80% | 59 | 1:2,444,639 | 15,357 |
| Ireland | 100% | 52 | 1:89,298 | 2,331 |
| Malaysia | 71% | 45 | 1:676,665 | 26,854 |
| Germany | 77% | 44 | 1:2,197,224 | 12,262 |
| Hong Kong | - | 43 | 1:180,296 | 3,188 |
| Indonesia | - | 37 | 1:6,971,991 | 249,135 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 32 | 1:742,803 | 33,666 |
| Afghanistan | 90% | 29 | 1:1,124,949 | 13,124 |
| Singapore | - | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| Thailand | 90% | 22 | 1:3,184,810 | 72,608 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 19 | 1:376,421 | 16,551 |
| Italy | 98% | 18 | 1:3,392,338 | 19,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 17 | 1:479,548 | 36,558 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 16 | 1:115,197 | 1,540 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16 | 1:718,128 | 9,982 |
| Mexico | 100% | 15 | 1:8,276,295 | 27,186 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Albania | 100% | 13 | 1:234,352 | 11,554 |
| Congo | 67% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| South Korea | - | 11 | 1:504,038 | 12,654 |
| Switzerland | 95% | 11 | 1:746,681 | 9,974 |
| Spain | - | 10 | 1:4,652,996 | 15,347 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Uganda | 100% | 9 | 1:4,550,769 | 42,499 |
| Finland | 54% | 8 | 1:685,398 | 7,121 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Peru | 83% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Tanzania | - | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Costa Rica | - | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Norway | 100% | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Austria | - | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Jordan | - | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
The alternate forms: Még (3) are calculated separately.
Meg (204) may also be a surname.
Meg Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
MEGGIE or MEGGY. Diminutives of Margaret; or rather, Meg is such a diminutive, while Meggie is either an endearing, or a more familiar, form of Meg.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
User-submitted Reference
Meghety is an Armenian name which means Music or Melody and it is really popular in Armenia and Syria \1
- poobearMeg Forename Popularity
Meg Demographics
Average Meg Salary in
United States
$50,017 USD
Per year
Rank:
127,064 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00579074
Rank: 1,457 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
114.91%
Sample size: 9,544 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Még | 89 | 3 | / |
| Megh | 86 | 20,638 | / |
| Megg | 86 | 351 | / |
| Megs | 86 | 113 | / |
| Megz | 86 | 52 | / |
| Meag | 86 | 38 | / |
| Meig | 86 | 36 | / |
| Meeg | 86 | 35 | / |
| Mheg | 86 | 20 | / |
| Meug | 86 | 16 | / |
| Mieg | 86 | 15 | / |
| Meyg | 86 | 12 | / |
| Mehg | 86 | 7 | / |
| Megx | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mmeg | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mesg | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mecg | 86 | 2 | / |
| Megk | 86 | 2 | / |
| Megc | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mgeg | 86 | 1 | / |
| Megue | 75 | 220 | / |
| Meigs | 75 | 64 | / |
| Mesgh | 75 | 37 | / |
| Megsh | 75 | 21 | / |
| Meggs | 75 | 14 | / |
| Meegh | 75 | 13 | / |
| Meigh | 75 | 12 | / |
| Meagh | 75 | 12 | / |
| Megss | 75 | 4 | / |
| Meags | 75 | 4 | / |
| Meegs | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mhegz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mhegs | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mescg | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mmegh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Miegh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Meggz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mheig | 75 | 2 | / |
| Meugh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wmegu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Megkt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mehgx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mehgh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mej'g | 75 | 1 | / |
| Megth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meg'z | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meg's | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meggh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meekg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meegz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mhegh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mheag | 75 | 1 | / |
| Megsz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mek | 67 | 17,408 | / |
| Mex | 67 | 1,474 | / |
| Mig | 67 | 873 | / |
| Mec | 67 | 416 | / |
| Mjg | 67 | 249 | / |
| Meigue | 67 | 47 | / |
| Meq | 67 | 18 | / |
| Myg | 67 | 9 | / |
| Medgue | 67 | 8 | / |
| Meygue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Meggue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Meiggs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Megowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meggig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maheeg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mheshg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meegss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meague | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meggic | 67 | 1 | / |
Meg Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meg in the Russian language | ||
| Мэг | meg | - |
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Footnotes
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Meg