English
Morgan
Morgan may come from Middle English *mor ‘sea’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*mor‘sea’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Morgan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*mor‘sea’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Morgan
Earliest quotation: 2024, Brooke Kato: “Morgan Sanner, a 27-year-old human resources worker in Ohio,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘sea, lake, wetland’
remember, murder, nightmare, maritime, submarine, mortality, mara, mortal, muller, mortar, mariner, morbid, ambrosia, mortuary, marinara, mort, morn, moribund, cormorant, 58 more
through Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’
march, marine, mare, moor, marshy, marinate, maar, 16 more
through Proto-Germanic *mari ‘sea, ocean’
Today it means
name A male or female given name
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English *mor / Morgan