Meghan is a spelling of Megan, the Welsh pet form of Margaret, which goes back to the Greek margarites and means "pearl". The name's best-known bearer today is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the American actress who married Prince Harry in 2018. Meghan ranked number 134 in 2000 and had faded to number 1391 by 2017, then jumped back to number 708 in the royal wedding year before settling at number 1906 in 2025.