Meg is a feminine given name, often a short form of

Margaret Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...

Megan Megan is a Welsh feminine given name, originally a diminutive form of Margaret. Margaret is from the Greek μαργαρίτης (''margarítēs''), Latin ''margarīta'', "pearl". Megan is one of the most popular Welsh-language names for women in ...

, Megumi (Japanese), etc. It may refer to:

People

Meg (singer) Meg (Yorichika Keiko (); born October 3, 1980),
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(born 1980), Japanese singer * Meg Baird, American musician * Meg Bateman, Scottish writer * Meg Bellamy, British actress * Meg Bennett (1948–2024), American screenwriter and actress * Meg Beresford (born 1937), British campaigner against nuclear weapons and activist * Meg Brown, Australian politician *

Meg Bussert Meg Bussert (born October 21, 1949) is an American actress, singer and a university professor. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois,Meg Cabot Meggin Patricia Cabot (born February 1, 1967) is an American novelist. She has written and published over 50 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series ''The Princess Diaries'', which was later adapted b ...

(born 1967), American author of romantic and paranormal fiction * Meg Burton Cahill (born 1954), American politician and former Arizona state senator * Meg Campbell (1937–2007), New Zealand poet * Meg Christian (born 1946), American folk musician *

Meg Connery Meg Connery (27 June 1881 – 6 December 1958) was an Irish suffragist from Westport, County Mayo, Westport, County Mayo. Known for her wit and bravery, she was a prominent member of the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL) and participated i ...

(1881–1958), suffragist organizer and activist * Meg Cranston (born 1960), American artist *

Meg Crofton Meg Gilbert Crofton (born Mary Elizabeth Gilbert in 1953) is an American businesswoman, who served as president of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts in the United States and France. She was named to the position on August 7, 2006, replacing Al Weiss, ...

, American businesswoman * Meg Daly, American evolutionary biologist *

Meg Davis Meg Davis (born January 28, 1953) is an American singer of traditional music. She is also a songwriter, best known for her classic ballad "Captain Jack and the Mermaid" (recorded by many world folk groups such as De Dannan). She is known primar ...

, American singer of traditional music * Meg DeLacy (born 1996), American actress and singer *

Meg Donnelly Meg Elizabeth Donnelly (born July 25, 2000) is an American actress. She played Taylor Otto in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''American Housewife'' (2016–2021), Addison Wells in the Disney Channel film series Zombies (franchise), ...

(born 2000), American actress *

Meg Downie Meg Downie (born 3 January 1989) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. AFLW career Downie was recruited by Melbourne as a free agent in October 2016. She made ...

(born 1989), Australian rules footballer *

Meg Duffy Meg Duffy is an American musician and guitarist who has played as a Session musician, studio musician on records by The War on Drugs (band), The War on Drugs, Weyes Blood, Perfume Genius, Sasami, and William Tyler (musician), William Tyler, amo ...

, American musician *

Meg Elis Meg Ann Elis (born 26 October 1950), also known as Marged Dafydd, Marged Elis or Margaret Dafydd, is a Welsh writer, translator and language activist. She stood unsuccessfully as a Plaid Cymru candidate for the Delyn constituency in the National ...

(born 1950), Welsh writer, translator and language activist *

Meg Elison Meg Elison (born May 10, 1982) is an American author and feminist essayist whose writings often incorporate the themes of female empowerment, body positivity, and gender flexibility. Her debut novel, ''The Book of the Unnamed Midwife'', won the ...

(born 1982), American author and feminist essayist *

Meg Emmerich Meg Rodrigues Vitorino Emmerich (born 23 October 1986) is a Brazilian para judoka. Early life Emmerich was born in São Paulo, capital of the state of São Paulo, in 1986. She was born with optic nerve atrophy, a hereditary disease that causes ...

(born 1986), Brazilian para judoka *

Meg Farquhar Margaret Farquhar (April 29, 1910 – November 9, 1988) was the first female professional golfer in Britain Britain most often refers to: * Great Britain, a large island comprising the countries of England, Scotland and Wales * The United Ki ...

(1910–1988), British professional golfer *

Meg Foster Margaret "Meg" Foster (born May 10, 1948) is an American film and television actress. Some of her many roles were in the 1979 TV miniseries version of '' The Scarlet Letter'', and the films '' Ticket to Heaven'', ''The Osterman Weekend'' and '' ...

(born 1948), American actress *

Meg Frampton Meg & Dia is an American rock band formed in 2004. It was founded by sisters Meg and Dia Frampton before becoming a five-piece act (renamed Cowards Courage and released the CD ''Straight Out of a Story Book in Las Vegas'') where they started, ...

(born 1985), guitarist and back-up singer for the band Meg & Dia *

Meg Froelich Meg M. Froelich is an American politician serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 3rd district, which includes Greenwood Village, Colorado. Froelich assumed office on January 14, 2019. Early life and education F ...

, American politician from Colorado * Meg Gaillard, American yacht racer * Meg Gallagher (1950–2000), American actress * Meg Gardiner (born 1957), American novelist * Meg Greenfield (1930–1999), American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer and columnist *

Meg Griffin Megan "Meg" Griffin is a fictional character from the American animated television series ''Family Guy''. She first appeared in the show's pilot episode, " Death Has a Shadow", on January 31, 1999. The character was originally voiced by La ...

(born 1953), American radio disc jockey * Meg Griffiths, American photographer * Meg Harding, American politician * Meg Harris (born 2002), Australian swimmer * Meg Hemphill (born 1996), Japanese track and field athlete * Meg Hillier (born 1969), British Labour Co-op politician * Meg Hughes, American soccer player * Meg Hutchins (born 1982), Australian rules footballer * Meg Hutchinson (born 1978), American folk singer-songwriter * Meg Imperial (born 1993), Filipino actress * Meg Jackson, American screenwriter * Meg Jacobs, American historian * Meg Jayanth (born 1987), British video game writer * Meg Johnson (disambiguation), several people * Meg Kelly, American television soap opera screenwriter * Meg Kendal (born 1989), Irish cricketer * Meg Kissinger, American investigative reporter * Meg Lanning (born 1992), Australian cricketer * Meg Lee Chin (born 1960), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the group Pigface * Meg Lees (born 1948), Australian politician * Meg LeFauve (born 1969), American screenwriter (co-nominated for the Academy Award for ''Inside Out'') and producer * Meg Lees (born 1948), Australian politician * Meg Lemon (born 1989), Australian Paralympic cyclist * Meg Lemonnier (1905–1998), British-born French actress * Meg Leonard, British screenwriter, producer and director * Meg Loughran Cappel, American politician * Meg Mac, Australian musical artist * Meg Macdonald, Australian rules footballer * Meg Mallon (born 1963), American LPGA golfer * Meg Mason, American author * Meg McCall (1931–1997), Canadian politician * Meg McDonald (born 1991), Australian rules footballer * Meg McKinlay, Australian children’s writer * Meg McLaughlin (born 1995), Australian soccer player * Meg Medina (born 1963), American children’s writer * Meg Meeker (born 1957), American pediatrician and author * Meg Miners (born 1944), Rhodesian swimmer * Meg Miroshnik, American playwright * Meg Morris (born 1992), American National Women's Soccer League player * Meg Mundy (1915–2016), American actress * Meg Munn (born 1959), British Labour Co-op politician * Meg Muñoz, advocate for sex workers * Meg Myers (born 1986), American musician * Meg Myles (1934–2019), American pin-up model, singer and actress * Meg Okura (born 1973), Japanese musician * Meg Oliver (born 1970), American journalist * Meg Onli (born 1983), American curator * Meg Otanwa, Nigerian actress *

Meg Patterson Margaret Angus Patterson Order of the British Empire, MBE (9 November 1922 – 25 July 2002) was a Scottish surgeon and medical missionary in India and Hong Kong. She claimed to be able to treat drug addiction using electric shocks, something s ...

(1922–2002), Scottish surgeon * Meg Pearce, Australian field hockey player * Meg Phillips (born 1996), Australian cricketer * Meg Scott Phipps, American politician * Meg Randall (1926–2018), American actress * Meg Ritchie (born 1952), Scottish discus thrower and shot putter *

Meg Rosoff Meg Rosoff (born 16 October 1956) is an American writer based in London, United Kingdom. She is best known for the novel '' How I Live Now'' (Puffin, 2004), which won the Guardian Prize, the Printz Award, the Branford Boase Award and made ...

(born 1956), American novelist * Meg Russell, British political scientist * Meg Ryan (born 1961), American actress * Meg Saligman, American artist * Meg Smaker, American filmmmaker * Meg Sneed (born 1982), American activist * Meg Steedle, American actress * Meg Stuart (born 1965), American choreographer and dancer * Meg Taylor, Papua New Guinean politician * Meg Thalken (born 1954), American actress * Meg Tilly (born 1960), Canadian-American actress, born Margaret Elizabeth Chan * Meg Turney (born 1987), American YouTube personality * Meg Twycross, UK historian and medievalist * Meg Urry, American astrophysicist * Meg Wade (born 1961), Australian equestrian * Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959), American novelist * Meg Ward (DJ), British disc jockey and record producer * Meg Ward (born 1994), Australian international rugby league footballer * Meg Webb (born 1974), Australian politician and community sector worker * Meg Webster, American artist * Meg Westergren (born 1932), Swedish actress *

Meg White Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974) is an American retired musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the rock duo the White Stripes. Though she typically performed backing vocals for the band, she occasionally sang le ...

(born 1974), American drummer, half of the rock duo The White Stripes (with former husband Jack White) * Meg Whitman (born 1956), former CEO of eBay and California gubernatorial candidate * Meg Wittner (born 1950), American actress * Meg Wolitzer (born 1959), American author * Meg Woolf (1923–2023), British artist * Meg Wyllie (1917–2002), American actress * Meg Wynn Owen (1939–2022), British actress * Long Meg of Westminster (16th-century) English tavern keeper * Margarete Pioresan, known as ''Meg'' (born 1956), Brazilian football goalkeeper *

(born 2000), American actress mostly known for her work with Disney Channel *Meg (Maria Di Donna), Italian singer and former member of band 99 Posse and duo Nous

Fictional characters

* The Meg, the titlular megalodon shark in: ** the 1997 novel series ''

The Meg ''The Meg'' is a 2018 science fiction action film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber, loosely based on the 1997 novel '' Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror'' by Steve Alten. The film stars Jas ...

'' ** the 2018 action movie ''

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, one of the main characters on the animated television show ''Family Guy'' * Margaret March, in Louisa May Alcott's novels ''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters— Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details th ...

'', '' Little Men'' and '' Jo's Boys'' * Meg Masters, on the television show ''Supernatural'' *

Meg Murry The ''Time Quintet'' is a fantasy/science fiction series of five young adult novels written by American author Madeleine L'Engle. The quintet includes ''A Wrinkle in Time'' (1962), '' A Wind in the Door'' (1973), '' A Swiftly Tilting Planet'' (1 ...

, in Madeleine L'Engle's ''Time Quintet'' novels * Meg Snyder, on the American soap opera ''As the World Turns'' * ''

Meg! Meg! (with the exclamation mark) is a comic strip by Greg Curfman and distributed by United Feature Syndicate. The main characters are Meg, an elementary-age soccer player, her little brother Mike (victim of Meg's pranks), their parents, and Meg ...

'', a comic strip * Meg (''Hercules'') * Meg, a minor character in ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * Margaret "Meg" McCaffrey, a supporting character in ''

The Trials of Apollo ''The Trials of Apollo'' is a pentalogy of fantasy adventure and mythological fiction novels written by American author Rick Riordan that collectively form a sequel to the '' Heroes of Olympus'' series. It is set in the same world as Riordan's ...

'' by Rick Riordan * , a character from the ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicated to the task of ass ...

'' manga and anime series * '' Meg and Mog'', a series of children's books *Meg, a brawler from the mobile game ''

Brawl Stars ''Brawl Stars'' is a multiplayer online battle arena and third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by Finnish video game company Supercell (company), Supercell. The game was released worldwide on 12 December 2018, on iOS an ...

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