Where the spelling 메건 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 메건 for Megan.
People in the list with this given name:
- 러피노, 메건 (애나) — Rapinoe, Megan (Anna)
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Megan as 메건, although the general rule gives 메이건.
What Megan means
“pearl”
Recorded in Wiktionary for Margaret; Megan is a short form of it.
From Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης · In Korean: 진주
Source: Wiktionary — Margaret · CC BY-SA 4.0
Megan by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 227, 80,881 babies (99.8% girls, 0.2% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 메건: 1.
Korean names for Megan
These are the converter’s results for Megan as a girl’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Megan means.
Your name means: 진주 · pearl (from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης)
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics