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Morgan

A unisex given name.

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Morgan at a glance

Origin
Irish
Root meaning
“sea”
Pronunciation (IPA)
/ˈmɔɹɡən/

Etymology

from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.

Meaning and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What does the name Morgan mean?

A unisex given name. Its root means "sea".

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).