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.

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Meg Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
30,7881:11,7751,187
Australia-5,8621:2,330413
Canada
100%
1,9231:17,2301,643
England
100%
1,7401:31,9561,759
Nigeria
100%
1,2641:140,4786,960
Poland
100%
9901:38,4111,114
India
85%
 
9681:1,255,03976,292
Ghana
100%
9551:28,2581,855
Brazil
100%
8711:245,96610,234
New Zealand-5321:8,526966
Philippines
 
75%
4401:240,93110,060
Sri Lanka-2861:72,7246,418
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
Japan-2251:568,82711,748
Kenya-2171:213,3978,449
South Africa
 
90%
2151:253,64015,149
Scotland
100%
2031:26,3561,135
Netherlands
100%
1251:135,2176,116
China-1211:11,289,71759,731
Bhutan
98%
 
1191:6,932483
Pakistan
 
63%
1151:1,690,06724,423
Sweden
100%
841:117,3564,819
Portugal-831:125,4323,169
Wales
100%
761:40,7151,568
France
100%
701:949,5767,628
Russia
 
80%
591:2,444,63915,357
Ireland
100%
521:89,2982,331
Malaysia
 
71%
451:676,66526,854
Germany
 
77%
441:2,197,22412,262
Hong Kong-431:180,2963,188
Indonesia-371:6,971,991249,135
Taiwan
100%
321:742,80333,666
Afghanistan
 
90%
291:1,124,94913,124
Singapore-241:261,9619,116
Thailand
 
90%
221:3,184,81072,608
United Arab Emirates-191:376,42116,551
Italy
 
98%
181:3,392,33819,514
Papua New Guinea
 
75%
171:479,54836,558
Northern Ireland
100%
161:115,1971,540
Belgium
100%
161:718,1289,982
Mexico
100%
151:8,276,29527,186
Qatar
100%
151:157,97416,771
Albania
100%
131:234,35211,554
Congo
67%
 
111:455,3828,101
Denmark-111:513,5917,934
South Korea-111:504,03812,654
Switzerland
 
95%
111:746,6819,974
Spain-101:4,652,99615,347
Egypt-91:10,211,21621,716
Morocco-91:3,816,5158,291
Puerto Rico-91:394,4783,471
Uganda
100%
91:4,550,76942,499
Finland
 
54%
81:685,3987,121
Bahamas-61:66,5621,346
Czechia
100%
61:1,776,0274,577
Estonia-61:219,2306,245
Peru
 
83%
61:5,298,57637,737
Tanzania-61:8,798,05338,955
Vietnam-61:15,437,1864,625
Algeria-51:7,635,34412,071
Belarus
100%
51:1,896,4778,406
Costa Rica-51:953,59010,779
Georgia
100%
51:747,69311,698
Israel
100%
51:1,680,58418,495
Norway
100%
51:1,026,46614,100
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Ethiopia-41:24,390,03319,296
Gambia-41:481,649818
Guernsey-41:15,833609
Macau-41:152,052991
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Namibia-41:601,0457,837
Austria-31:2,838,06711,255
Chile
100%
31:5,869,06926,159
Cyprus-31:290,3593,456
Iran-31:26,165,62345,792
Jordan-31:2,942,2588,136
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Argentina-21:21,386,62229,627
Bulgaria-21:3,495,19519,668
Cayman Islands-21:30,6501,815
Greece-21:5,467,27417,678
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Abkhazia-11:243,4223,525
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Cape Verde-11:529,1516,361
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Grenada-11:108,1254,208
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Mali-11:16,977,7558,714
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
Norfolk Island-11:2,324291
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Saint Lucia-11:177,8158,104
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239

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

- poobear

Meg Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Még893/
Megh8620,638/
Megg86351/
Megs86113/
Megz8652/
Meag8638/
Meig8636/
Meeg8635/
Mheg8620/
Meug8616/
Mieg8615/
Meyg8612/
Mehg867/
Megx865/
Mmeg864/
Mesg864/
Mecg862/
Megk862/
Megc861/
Mgeg861/
Megue75220/
Meigs7564/
Mesgh7537/
Megsh7521/
Meggs7514/
Meegh7513/
Meigh7512/
Meagh7512/
Megss754/
Meags754/
Meegs754/
Mhegz754/
Mhegs753/
Mescg752/
Mmegh752/
Miegh752/
Meggz752/
Mheig752/
Meugh751/
Wmegu751/
Megkt751/
Mehgx751/
Mehgh751/
Mej'g751/
Megth751/
Meg'z751/
Meg's751/
Meggh751/
Meekg751/
Meegz751/
Mhegh751/
Mheag751/
Megsz751/
Mek6717,408/
Mex671,474/
Mig67873/
Mec67416/
Mjg67249/
Meigue6747/
Meq6718/
Myg679/
Medgue678/
Meygue676/
Meggue676/
Meiggs673/
Megowa671/
Meggig671/
Maheeg671/
Mheshg671/
Meegss671/
Meague671/
Meggic671/

Meg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Meg in the Russian language
Мэгmeg-

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