morgan

Meanings

1. A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.

1. A unisex given name.
2. A male or female given name from Old Welsh Morcant, possibly from *mor (“sea”) (Welsh môr) or *mọr (“great”) (Old Welsh maur) + *kantos (“circle”) (Welsh cant), meaning “great chief” or “sea chief”.
3. A male given name from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Murchadh (Murrough).
4. A surname.
5. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
6. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Morgán, itself from the Welsh name.
7. A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Muireagáin (“Merrigan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Muireagáin (“of Muireagán”).
8. A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Murcháin (“Morahan”), from Ó (“descendant”) and Murchadháin (“of Murchadhán”).
9. A placename:
10. A town in South Australia, Australia; named for William Morgan, 14th Premier of South Australia.
11. An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.
12. A locale in the United States:

1. A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
2. A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
3. A Morgan dollar.

Etymology

Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan.

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