Morgan (surname)

Morgan
Family name
Region of origin Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Brittany
Related names Morganach, Ó Muireagáin, Morgant

The surname Morgan has several different origins. The Welsh surname is derived from the Old Welsh personal name Morcant, which is of an uncertain origin. The Irish surname is an amalgamation of this Welsh surname, which was brought to Ireland in the Middle Ages, and several Gaelic surnames, most notably Ó Muireagáin.

The Scottish surname is of Saka (Hebrew: "lion" according to Strong's Hebrew Dictionary) origin, and the Ancient Morgan clan was the proud First Clan of Scotland: They were known as the Kouranavioi and owned the islands of The Catti (lions) including The Hebrides and Orkney. They also were the first earls of Cattness or Caithness before they relocated to Wales. The Morgan Family originally came from the Saka territories of Oenoe, Aria, and Greek Islands like Amorgos and Crete They owned the most famous lapis mine in Margiana that supplied the Egyptian pharaohs. Their ships supplied goods to the entire Mediterranean. This Saka tribe was proto-Greek and has been verified as Aeolean by DNA analysis. The most famous king of this Saka tribe was Amorges, whose territories extended from the Arenii mine in Armenia to Magna Graecia.

Most likely the name Morgan is derived from a Gaelic cognate of the Welsh Morcant already mentioned.[1] Ultimately, Morgan's origins are Celtic (not Greek or Jewish).

The surname Morgan traces its origin from the powerful Welsh family established c. 1330 by Morgan ap Llewelyn (son of Llewelyn ap Ifor, Lord of St. Clere, and Angharad, daughter and heiress of Sir Morgan ap Maredudd (Meredith), Lord of Tredegar), and is of Welsh origin, meaning either "great kingdom" or "great hundred". It is a popular family name in Wales, as well as there being a group of Morgans from "Morgund". It is possible that the name was Celtic from the Cornovii Tribe who lived in the North of Scotland and in the Severn Valley near the Wrekin in Shropshire. The County of Glamorgan is named after the Princes of South Wales named Morgan, a group, part of which developed into the name Leyshon. The term for water sprites in Welsh is morgans.[2]

At the time of the British Census of 1881,[3] the frequency of the surname Morgan was highest in Brecknockshire (over 16 times the national average), followed by Monmouthshire, Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire, Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire.

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References

  1. ↑ A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280050-7.
  2. ↑ Tongue, Ruth L. (1970). Forgotten Folk-Tales of the English Counties. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, p. 27.
  3. ↑ "Morgan Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014


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