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Meg

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Meg: Diminutive of Margaret, Greek Meaning of Meg: "pearl"

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Meg, perennially one of the Little Women, is a Margaret short form that manages to be neither quite in nor quite out of style. Meg is sleeker and more sophisticated than Maggie, more contemporary than Peg, more stylish than Megan, still one of the best diminutives of Margaret.

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Famous People Named Meg

Meg Cabot, author of "Princess Diaries"
Meg Tilly, actress
Meg Ryan, actress
Meg White, musician

Pop Culture References for the Name Meg

Meg, oldest sister of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"
Meg Giry, one of the choir girls and dancers in The Phantom of the Opera
Meg - Demon on tv's Supernatural
Meg Griffin, Family Guy
Nickname for Megara in Disney's Hercules