Morgan Forename
4,506th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 233,117 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Niue
Morgan Forename Definition:
A male name. a Welsh name, cognate with Irish Muirgen. The first element is mor ‘the sea’. It has been a favourite Welsh name from early times.
Morgan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 80% | 73,460 | 1:4,935 | 710 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 63,611 | 1:2,791 | 505 |
| Zambia | - | 20,579 | 1:770 | 168 |
| Kenya | 100% | 11,805 | 1:3,923 | 659 |
| France | 92% | 8,551 | 1:7,773 | 563 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 6,645 | 1:2,321 | 421 |
| South Africa | 96% | 6,354 | 1:8,582 | 1,511 |
| Canada | 71% | 6,214 | 1:5,332 | 803 |
| England | 95% | 3,836 | 1:14,495 | 1,018 |
| Sweden | 99% | 2,947 | 1:3,345 | 437 |
| Australia | - | 2,718 | 1:5,025 | 657 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,445 | 1:30,195 | 2,227 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,966 | 1:13,726 | 1,182 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,840 | 1:9,300 | 1,066 |
| Egypt | 98% | 1,410 | 1:65,178 | 3,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 1,271 | 1:6,414 | 667 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,193 | 1:3,802 | 602 |
| Ireland | 99% | 1,192 | 1:3,896 | 434 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 955 | 1:55,276 | 3,894 |
| Wales | 100% | 814 | 1:3,801 | 519 |
| Thailand | 54% | 753 | 1:93,049 | 8,063 |
| Uganda | 95% | 682 | 1:60,054 | 3,331 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 653 | 1:46,631 | 3,904 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Norway | 100% | 576 | 1:8,910 | 819 |
| Philippines | 96% | 542 | 1:195,589 | 8,779 |
| Botswana | 100% | 538 | 1:4,060 | 703 |
| Poland | 57% | 518 | 1:73,411 | 1,760 |
| Belgium | 100% | 515 | 1:22,311 | 1,620 |
| Brazil | 96% | 439 | 1:488,009 | 16,166 |
| Mexico | 98% | 417 | 1:297,708 | 4,334 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 394 | 1:654,730 | 45,694 |
| Namibia | - | 384 | 1:6,261 | 867 |
| Scotland | 92% | 370 | 1:14,460 | 828 |
| Liberia | 98% | 338 | 1:13,053 | 1,050 |
| China | - | 333 | 1:4,102,270 | 53,289 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Gabon | - | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Italy | 87% | 321 | 1:190,225 | 2,768 |
| Russia | 87% | 262 | 1:550,510 | 5,799 |
| Kuwait | - | 256 | 1:14,786 | 1,684 |
| India | 100% | 233 | 1:5,214,069 | 196,571 |
| Netherlands | 66% | 228 | 1:74,132 | 4,351 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 175 | 1:172,582 | 6,619 |
| Israel | 90% | 174 | 1:48,293 | 3,033 |
| Iraq | 100% | 154 | 1:227,389 | 3,692 |
| Spain | 100% | 133 | 1:349,849 | 5,338 |
| Colombia | 100% | 131 | 1:364,725 | 6,495 |
| Germany | 70% | 123 | 1:785,999 | 6,839 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 121 | 1:2,233 | 423 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 111 | 1:5,234 | 651 |
| Switzerland | 79% | 111 | 1:73,995 | 2,687 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Congo | 100% | 102 | 1:49,110 | 3,726 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| Japan | - | 100 | 1:1,279,861 | 16,578 |
| Cameroon | 95% | 85 | 1:254,241 | 10,046 |
| Denmark | - | 68 | 1:83,081 | 2,579 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 68 | 1:153,401 | 6,921 |
| Jamaica | - | 66 | 1:43,685 | 2,602 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 63 | 1:21,610 | 2,489 |
| Peru | 95% | 62 | 1:512,765 | 9,044 |
| Singapore | 100% | 58 | 1:108,397 | 7,524 |
| Guyana | 100% | 55 | 1:13,877 | 1,911 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 51 | 1:118,007 | 3,824 |
| Qatar | 100% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Lebanon | 71% | 48 | 1:117,241 | 3,444 |
| Yemen | - | 44 | 1:597,653 | 2,557 |
| Hong Kong | - | 40 | 1:193,818 | 3,243 |
| Northern Ireland | 89% | 37 | 1:49,815 | 1,217 |
| Palestine | 65% | 37 | 1:122,975 | 2,021 |
| Honduras | 56% | 36 | 1:244,930 | 5,194 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| El Salvador | - | 33 | 1:192,175 | 2,810 |
| Barbados | - | 31 | 1:9,348 | 1,034 |
| Finland | 78% | 30 | 1:182,773 | 3,259 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 30 | 1:792,323 | 34,623 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 25 | 1:286,080 | 16,329 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Jordan | 100% | 20 | 1:441,339 | 3,660 |
| Niue | - | 20 | 1:80 | 7 |
| South Korea | - | 20 | 1:277,221 | 9,162 |
| Panama | 100% | 19 | 1:205,608 | 7,846 |
| Austria | 63% | 16 | 1:532,138 | 4,883 |
| Czechia | 76% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 15 | 1:4,087 | 758 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 15 | 1:11,854 | 1,528 |
| Belarus | 67% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:7,839 | 1,133 |
| Costa Rica | 92% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| Lesotho | 90% | 13 | 1:156,923 | 11,892 |
| Monaco | 100% | 13 | 1:2,959 | 566 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 13 | 1:14,950,591 | 86,698 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 12 | 1:1,342,369 | 5,026 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,478,904 | 13,216 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| Hungary | 92% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Nauru | 100% | 9 | 1:1,325 | 216 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Belize | 100% | 8 | 1:44,289 | 3,463 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Tunisia | - | 7 | 1:96,700 | 5,802 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Croatia | - | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Georgia | 83% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Chile | 50% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 2 | 1:237,819 | 1,799 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Oman | 100% | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Mórgan (1) & Mörgan (1) are calculated separately.
Morgan (626,804) may also be a surname.
Morgan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a Welsh name, cognate with Irish Muirgen. The first element is mor ‘the sea’. It has been a favourite Welsh name from early times.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. A Welsh and Irish name, it derives from the Celtic and means ‘a sea-dweller’: cf. Morvren, Morvryn. Morgwn, the earlier form, was a heresiarch (ca. 400) who dubbed himself Pelagius, the Greek equivalent: whence ‘the Pelagian heresy’. In the Middle Ages, Morgan was also f., as in Morgan le Fay (the fairy), who, sister to King Arthur, possessed magic powers.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Some translate this name ‘by the sea,’ or ‘sea-dweller,’ or ‘seaman;’ doubtless from Welsh mor the sea, gan bringing forth. Dixon, who at first translates the name Morgan ‘by the sea,’ in the Supplement thinks ‘big head’ better, and refers to the Scottish king Canmore (Ceann-mhor). But the name would seem to have been corrupted from Morgant, q. v.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Teutonic name, meaning: Sea-born. (Welch) Sailor: seaman.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Middle Gaelic Clann Mhorguinn (M‘V.), Old Gaelic Morgunn, g. Morcunt, Welsh Morgan, Cornish and Old Brythonic Morcant: Mori-canto-s, “sea-white,” from the stem of muir and root knd, burn, as in connadh (Latin candeo, shine, English candle). See Mackay.
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
Morgan Forename Popularity
Morgan Demographics
Morgan Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 11,008 (2014)
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Morgan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan in the Russian language | ||
| Морган | morgan | - |
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