Magan

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Magan by the numbers

Its American peak was 181 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Magan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Magan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Meganpearl; a form of margaret624 in the US (2017)
  • Meaganpearl; a form of Meagan or Megan47 in the US (2017)
  • Maeganpearl; a form of Megan7 in the US (2017)
  • Mayan12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Malan7 in the US (2017)
  • Magen

Names about as common as Magan

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