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Surname Etymology and Meaning of MORGAN

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

From Mor, the sea, and gan, born; the same as Pelagius--born on the sea, from the Greek ??, the sea. Mor, the sea, and gan, by or near--near the sea, a locality.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. Welsh: from the Old Welsh personal name Morcant, which is of uncertain but ancient etymology.
2. Irish: importation of the Welsh surname, to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan).
3. Scottish: of uncertain origin; probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)