Morgan

Morgan definitions

• An unincorporated community in West Virginia. 

• A male or female given name from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”. 

• A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant. 

• A female given name from Old Welsh Morgen, from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) + *gen (“birth”) (Proto-Celtic *genos), meaning “sea-born.” The name of Morgan le Fay. Cognate with Old Irish Muirgen. 

• A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey; named for landowner Charles Morgan III. 

• A ghost town in California; named for early settler Charles Morgan. 

• A number of townships in the United States, listed under Morgan Township. 

• A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia. 

• A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic]. 

• A city in Texas. 

• An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. 

• A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (Morahan). 

• A town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, and an unincorporated community within that town. 

• A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (Merrigan). 

• A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough). 

• A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name. 

• A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Georgia; named for county official Hiram Morgan. 

• An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin. 

• A city in Minnesota; named for anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan. 

• A town in Vermont; named for landowner John Morgan. 

• A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated. 

• A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan. 

• A Morgan dollar.