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Morgan (countable anduncountable,pluralMorgans)
- (countable)A unisexgiven name.
- A male or femalegiven name from Old WelshMorcant, possibly from*mor(“sea”) (Welshmôr) or*mọr(“great”) (Old Welshmaur) +*kantos(“circle”) (Welshcant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.
2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, inNew York Post[1]:Morgan Sanner, a 27-year-old human resources worker in Ohio, told New York magazine’s The Cut that she felt inspired to follow in the footsteps of other people — who she noticed were “taking significant breaks” from their careers — after going abroad for the first time.
2025 November 13, David Hytner, “Saka and Eze strikes sink Serbia as England maintain perfect World Cup qualifying record”, inThe Guardian[2]:The first paper plane from the stands was cheered onto the fringes of the pitch in the 19th minute and it was certainly a sleepy start, despite the best efforts of Elliot Anderson andMorgan Rogers to inject a bit of tempo.
- A malegiven name from Irish, an adopted anglicization ofMurchadh (Murrough).
- (countable)Asurname.
2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, inABA Journal[3]:Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief.Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.
- Asurname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
- Asurname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization ofMorgán, itself from the Welsh name.
- Asurname from Irish, a variant anglicization ofÓ Muireagáin(“Merrigan”), fromÓ(“descendant”) andMuireagáin(“ofMuireagán”).
- Asurname from Irish, an adopted anglicization ofÓ Murcháin(“Morahan”), fromÓ(“descendant”) andMurchadháin(“ofMurchadhán”).
- Aplacename:
- Atown inSouth Australia,Australia; named forWilliam Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
- Anunincorporated community inOntario,Canada.
- A locale in theUnited States:
- Aghost town inCalifornia; named for early settler Charles Morgan.
- Acity, thecounty seat ofCalhoun County,Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan.
- Acity inMinnesota; named for anthropologistLewis H. Morgan.
- Aneighborhood ofSayreville borough,New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III.
- A minorcity inBosque County,Texas.
- Acity, thecounty seat ofMorgan County,Utah; named for Mormon apostleJedediah Morgan Grant.
- Atown inVermont; named for landowner John Morgan.
- Anunincorporated community inWest Virginia.
- Atown andunincorporated community therein, inOconto County,Wisconsin.
- Anunincorporated community inShawano County,Wisconsin.
- A number oftownships in theUnited States, listed underMorgan Township.
- (Arthurian legend)Ellipsis ofMorgan le Fay.
- Traditionally a male given name,Morgan has become a female given name in English-speaking countries since the 1980s. In the United States and Canada the name is now more often a female given name.
surname
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:摩根(mo1 gan1)
- Mandarin:摩根 (zh)(Mógēn)
- Greek:Μόργκαν (el)(Mórgkan)(transliteration from English)
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Morgan (pluralMorgans)
- Ahorse of acompactbreed fromVermont; named forJustin Morgan, owner of thestud from which the breed originated.
- ABritish sports carmanufacturer; named for founderH. F. S. Morgan.
- (numismaticslang) AMorgan dollar.
Morgan c (genitiveMorgans)
- a malegiven name borrowed from English
FromOld WelshMorcant, possibly frommor(“sea”) (Welshmôr) ormaur(“great”) (Welshmawr) +cant(“circle”) (Welshcant), meaning“great chief” or“sea chief”.
Morgan m
- a malegiven name
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
