Megan

Megan began as a Welsh pet form of Margaret, whose Greek root means "pearl," and stayed close to the hills and chapels of Wales until the 1970s, when it spilled into the wider English-speaking world and became a defining name of a generation. In the United States it ranked inside the top twenty through much of the 1990s, and every school corridor seems to remember at least one. The two-syllable pattern—MEG-an—has the friendliness of a nickname that grew up and kept its ease. Now cooling from its peak, Megan feels less dated than familiar: approachable, warm, well-made.