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Aussie here, we say MEE-gan.

In England I say MEG-an, but in Australia it was always MEE-gan.

I’ve always been saying “may-gan”.

My first instinct is MEH-gun but I have an aunt who spells her name this way and it’s pronounced MEE-gun.

MEG-en (almost like meh-gun)

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I don’t understand how you get the other prn 🤷‍♀️

This message was edited 3/4/2024, 12:21 PM

It's kind of hard to describe. I would say it sounds like ''MAY-gihn'' (rhymes with ''pagan''). LOL

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I have seen the French version Mégane (quite popular in Québec around the year 2000), and I pronounce it very differently. ''MAY-gann'' (rhymes with Anne).

I say meh-gin too. Thats how most people where I live say it. I don't like may-gin or mee-gin especially. I think it should be spelled differently if it's said either way: Maegen or Meegen.

This message was edited 3/4/2024, 10:22 AM

I pronounce it like you and have only known Megans pronouncing like that.

MEH-gihn

I have always pronounced it the same way that you do; it just sounds more natural and beautiful to me. I have heard of the other pronunciation, but our own is much popular (in my experience). Furthermore, the name Megan is one of my most favorite female names.

I’ve always pronounced it MEE-gin (and Tegan as TEE-gin) but I think MAY-gin is nice.

MEGn. After all, it's a nn for Margaret, so there has to be a meg sound rather than a may or a mee sound!

Me gan

First syllable rhymes with egg
second syllable rhymes with fireman

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I've never heard MAY- either. I've heard MEE- before though.

I guess I say it like MAY-gin? I always thought MEE-gin was kinda cute, but people don't say it that way much. It made Megan interesting, at least.

I pronounce it as you do but am aware of the alternative pronunciations.

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I hate the name, for what it's worth.

In my accent is partway between MEH and MAY. When I lived in the Midwest I would say MAY-gen, and now that I live more west I say MEH-gen, or just like Meg with an extra syllable. But it can come out either way and usually it's between the two.

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The last syllable is interesting too. I would normally write it as gən, but the way I usually say it, it lasts too long to really be a schwa. I often say it like gɪn, gɛn, or a cross between gɪn and gɛn, but not really gən unless I'm talking very fast. Usually the second syllable is quite long and a bit more like "gɛn". It's almost never fully on the "gɪn" end of the spectrum.
It almost has two stressed syllables when I say it in normal speech? Like I still consider 'Meg' to be the stressed syllable but the 'gan' isn't exactly unstressed. I'd only use gən when talking fast or in instances like shouting someone's name to get their attention, and I only have enough air to emphasize the one syllable (MEG'n). The way I usually say it where a lot if time is spent on both syllables seems extra American to me, almost drawly. I don't really have a 'drawl' kind of accent, but with Megan it comes out that way. It's more of a schwa in my head when I read it vs. when I say it.

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I would only think MEE-gan if it's spelled Meagan, and even then I'd think "it looks like MEE-gan but it's probably not meant to sound that way" before saying it out loud. I'd probably read Meagan more like MAY-gan. I've never actually met a MEE-gan. To me, MAY-gan and MEH-gan are the same pronunciation with slightly different accents, but MEE-gan is a whole different thing.

This message was edited 3/3/2024, 6:25 PM

I pronounce Megan / Meagan as "mee-gin" because that was my first experience of the name (at primary school). I pronounce
Meghan is meg-in - both of which I prefer.