Morgan, a popular unisex name, comes from the Old Welsh name Morcant, which is composed of the Welsh elements mor, meaning "sea," and cant, meaning "circle," or gen, meaning "born of." Therefore, Morgan translates to "circle of the sea" or "born of the sea." Morgan has appeared in the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for boy names every year since 1900, but has grown more popular among girls since the 1980s. In fact, it was a top-100 girl's name every year between 1987 and 2013. It's the name legendary actor Clint Eastwood gave his youngest daughter Morgan, born in 1996, and the middle name CNN host Anderson Cooper gave his son Wyatt Morgan, born in 2020.
