Short for Margaret
Meg is a given name, typically a nickname for Margaret or Megan.
It appears in literature and popular culture: Meg March in *Little Women*, Meg Griffin in *Family Guy*.
Meg called to say she'd be late. (Lowercase meg is short for megabyte.)
Traditional woman's name
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Short for Margaret
Meg is a given name, typically a nickname for Margaret or Megan.
It appears in literature and popular culture: Meg March in *Little Women*, Meg Griffin in *Family Guy*.
Meg called to say she'd be late. (Lowercase meg is short for megabyte.)
1. name — Margaret, Traditional woman's name; nickname (Informal substitute name); diminutive (Very small, or nickname form); Peggy (Nickname from Margaret); Maggie · namesake · feminine · girl · woman
FORMALITY OF NAMEMeg ≠ Margaret Traditional woman's name; Megan · Margarita · Meghan · Marguerite
GENDER OF NAMEMeg ≠ Greg Masculine given name; Mike · Ted · Mark · Ned · Max
Mega Man (Blue android protagonist); mega hit (Enormously successful release); Meg Ryan; Megan Fox; Mega Millions (Interstate lottery with massive prizes); mega yacht (Extremely large private vessel)
Short Names: Ann, Bob, Dan, Eve, Gus; monster movies: Godzilla, King Kong, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Blob; Margaret nicknames: Maggie, Peggy, Peg, Madge, Marjorie; Old-fashioned girl names: Mabel, Ethel, Maude, Edith, Agnes
mega, megaphone, megastar, megabyte, megalith, megaton, Megan
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/Meg