Meaning of the nameMorgana

Female
Celtic origin
Mor-ga-na

Morgana is a female name of Celtic origin, from the Old Welsh or Old Breton Morgen, with the literal sense 'born of the sea'.

Meaning

“'born of the sea', the literal sense of the Old Welsh or Breton Morgen”

Source: Wiktionary: Morgana

People (2022): 16,420
Rank in Brazil: #1,210
Median age: 30 years
2010 Census: 16,675; people

Morgana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Morgana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (6,136 people).

16,364 women 56 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Morgana is most common

States with the highest share of people named Morgana in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Santa Catarina 0.039%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.034%
Paraíba 0.013%
Alagoas 0.013%
Goiás 0.012%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	3,649	0.034%
Santa Catarina	2,982	0.039%
São Paulo	1,679	0.004%
Pernambuco	1,026	0.011%
Minas Gerais	889	0.004%
Goiás	858	0.012%
Paraná	722	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	655	0.004%
Bahia	618	0.004%
Ceará	580	0.007%
Paraíba	533	0.013%
Alagoas	390	0.013%
Distrito Federal	240	0.009%
Mato Grosso	233	0.006%
Espírito Santo	207	0.005%
Maranhão	192	0.003%
Piauí	180	0.006%
Tocantins	153	0.010%
Pará	144	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	134	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	117	0.004%
Sergipe	108	0.005%
Amazonas	74	0.002%
Rondônia	32	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Morgana

According to Wiktionary, Morgana comes from the Old Welsh or Old Breton Morgen, a female name with the literal sense 'born of the sea', unrelated to the masculine Morgan; Behind the Name, on the other hand, treats it as a feminine form of Morgan. In Portuguese, Morgana is also the name of the fairy Morgana of the Arthurian legend, half-sister of King Arthur. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,420 people named Morgana, with a median age of 30. It is almost always female, peaks among women born in the 1990s and, proportionally, is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

Wiktionary: Morgana · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Morgana · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Morgana

What does the name Morgana mean?

Morgana means “'born of the sea', the literal sense of the Old Welsh or Breton Morgen”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Morgana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,420 people with the first name Morgana, which ranks it number 1,210 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Morgana a boy's or a girl's name?

Morgana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 16,364 women and 56 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Morgana?

Morgana is a name of Celtic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Morgana most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.039% of the state's population is named Morgana (2,982 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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