Megan in Chinese
How to write Megan in Chinese, how to say it, and real Chinese names picked for it.
Megan, written by sound
梅根
Méigēn
- 梅méi
- 根gēn
This is how Megan is written by sound: in the news, on maps and in translated books. Each character is there for its sound, so their meanings don't add up to anything.
But it isn't a Chinese name. Chinese parents choose a name for what it means, like the ones below.
Real Chinese names for Megan
None of these sounds quite like Megan, but each one is a real name Chinese parents give, with a meaning of its own. Tap the buttons to hear a character, watch it written, or write it yourself.
Classic name
美琳Měilín
beautiful jade
měi
beautiful
羊sheep大big
Commonly explained as a big sheep, once the finest thing you could have: good, and so beautiful.
lín
fine jade
Classic name
美琪Měiqí
beautiful jade
měi
beautiful
羊sheep大big
Commonly explained as a big sheep, once the finest thing you could have: good, and so beautiful.
qí
fine jade
Classic name
美莉Měilì
beautiful jasmine
měi
beautiful
羊sheep大big
Commonly explained as a big sheep, once the finest thing you could have: good, and so beautiful.
lì
jasmine
艹plantmeaning利lìsound
利 is said lì too.
Stroke order follows the mainland China standard; a few characters are written differently in Taiwan.
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How Chinese names work
The family name comes first, and it is almost always one character: 王 Wáng, 李 Lǐ, 林 Lín. A few have two, like 欧阳 Ōuyáng.
The given name follows: one or two characters, chosen for what they mean. A virtue, a flower, a wish from the parents.
So with a family name in front, 美琳 becomes a full name such as 林美琳 (Lín Měilín).
About the name Megan
In the US, Megan was the 10th most popular girls’ name of the 1990s. In England and Wales it was number 10 in 1996 and is number 816 in 2025.
Sources: US Social Security Administration, Office for National Statistics (UK).