Meg - Name Meaning and Popularity -

Meaning of Meg

Meg traces its roots to Margaret—the Greek margarítēs for “pearl”—emerging in medieval England as a concise, monosyllabic diminutive and later extending to the Welsh-derived Megan. In the United States, its popularity peaked at 592nd place in 1941 and has since ranged between roughly the 600th and 940th positions, settling at #938 in 2022 with an average of fewer than twenty annual registrations over the past decade. Appearances by the reliable eldest March sister in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and the deadpan humor of Meg Griffin on Family Guy underscore the name’s blend of steady dependability and wry edge. Its brevity, clear etymology and consistent, if modest, historical presence make Meg a technically precise choice for those seeking understated character.