Name meaning & stats
Meg
Meg means “pearl” (Ancient Greek origin). 5,321 US babies since 1940, peak 1959.
What it means
“pearl”
Ancient GreekPet form of Margaret
In US birth records
Peak year: 1959
5,321 US babies were named Meg between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Meg (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1959)