MORGAN (SURNAME)

'Morgan'
Gender:	Unisexual
Origin:	Welsh
Meaning:	''"Water sprite"''

'Morgan' is both a given name and a surname, as well as the name of many places. The surname Morgan traces its origin from the powerful Welsh family established c. 1330 by Morgan ap Llewelyn, and is of Welsh origin, meaning either "borne from the sea" or "great circle"^[1]. It is a popular family name in Wales, as well as there being a group of Morgans from "Morgund" in the North of Scotland. The name is listed as the 36th most common name in the UK, with a similar position in the USA. 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.
The Morgan Society [1] was formed in 1994 to help Morgans trace their history, genealogy and emigration. Many Welsh families emigrated to Australia and the USA, thus many founding families in those countries carried the surname Morgan, which is reflected in a number of place names. The name "Morgen" is also prevalent in Germany and France deriving from the German for the amount of land that could be ploughed in a morning. Morgon wine is produced in the Beaujolais region of France. Morgan le Fay is the half-sister of King Arthur.

★ Augustus de Morgan, British mathematician and logician.

★ Alfred Powell Morgan, American writer of youth oriented electronics books.

★ Bryan Caa Morgan, (1801-1852) An American Western Legend

★ Billy Morgan, first man to drink beer in an Ohio bar after 131 years of prohibition.

★ Ceri Morgan, Welsh darts player

★ C. Lloyd Morgan, behaviorist best known for coining Morgan's Canon

★ Charles Morgan and Charles W. Morgan, various people and ships

★ Chesty Morgan, Polish-born actress known for her large breasts

★ Chris Morgan, alias of professional wrestler Chris Kanyon (Klucsaritis)

★ Chris Morgan (footballer), English football player

★ Chris Morgan (journalist), journalist working for The Sunday Times (UK)

★ Chris Morgan (politician), British politician

★ Chris Morgan (powerlifter), powerlifting champion

★ Cliff Morgan, rugby player

★ Craig Morgan (rugby player), rugby player

★ Dale Morgan, historian of the American west

★ Daniel Morgan, brigadier general in the Continental Army in the American Revolution

★ Dan Morgan (footballer), American football player

★ David Morgan (businessman), Australian businessman

★ David Morgan (frontiersman), West Virginian frontiersman

★ Dexter Morgan, fictional serial killer

★ Elaine Morgan (writer), Welsh writer, advocate of the aquatic ape hypothesis

★ Frederick E. Morgan, British lieutenant-general in the Second World War

★ Frank Morgan, American actor

★ Garrett A. Morgan, African American inventor

★ George Morgan, singer; father of Lorrie Morgan

★ George T. Morgan, designer of the Morgan Dollar

★ Harry Morgan, actor best known for his role in M
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★ Henry Morgan, seventeenth century Welsh privateer or pirate, became English Governor of Jamaica

★ Henry Morgan (comedian), American radio and television personality

★ Henry Morgan (merchant), Canadian retail merchant

★ James Morgan, British architect and engineer

★ Joe Morgan, baseball hall of famer

★ John Hunt Morgan, Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War

★ John Jordan Morgan, U.S. Representative

★ John Morgan, on-air pseudonym of British radio presenter and executive John Myers

★ John Morgan (bishop), Archbishop of Wales from 1949 to 1957

★ John Morgan (comedian)

★ John Morgan (etiquette expert)

★ John Morgan (golfer)

★ John Morgan (journalist)

★ John Morgan (poet)

★ John Tyler Morgan, U.S. Senator

★ John W. Morgan, mayor of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

★ J. P. Morgan, American financier and banker

★ J.R. Morgan, British academic and author

★ Julia Morgan, Architect

★ Julie Morgan, Labour MP for Cardiff North

★ Kevin Morgan, rugby player

★ Lewis H. Morgan, 19th Century pioneer of kinship studies

★ Lorrie Morgan, country music singer

★ Matthew Morgan, musician

★ Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, Somali warlord

★ Olly Morgan, England and Gloucester Rugby Union Player

★ Paul Morgan, Australian rugby league player and businessman

★ Peter Morgan, ran the Morgan Motor Company

★ Peter Morgan, an English Academy Award nominated screenwriter and playwright

★ Piers Morgan, British journalist and broadcaster

★ Rhodri Morgan, First Minister of Wales

★ Richard Morgan, author

★ Richard E. Morgan, First Amendment scholar

★ Ru Fe Morgan, fictional character in the anime/manga ''Oh My Goddess!''

★ Sally Morgan Australian writer and painter

★ Stefani Morgan a pornographic actress

★ Sheryl Morgan, sprinter

★ Shaun Morgan, lead singer of the band Seether

★ Simon Morgan, English football (soccer) player

★ Ted Morgan, New Zealand boxer

★ Thomas E. Morgan, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania

★ Thomas Hunt Morgan, geneticist

★ Tom Morgan, Major League Baseball pitcher

★ Tracy Morgan, an American actor and comedian

★ Travis Morgan, fictional character in the comic book Warlord (comics)

★ Trevor Morgan (actor), United States actor

★ Trevor Morgan (EastEnders), character in the British soap opera EastEnders

★ William Alexander Morgan, anti Batista Guerrilla, said CIA operative active, executed by Castro [2] [3] [4]

★ William Morgan (scientist), who won the Copley Medal in 1789 for his two Papers on the values of Reversions and Survivorships, printed in the two last volumes of the Philosophical Transactions, in the field of actuarial science

★ William Morgan (anti-Mason), person whose disappearance sparked anti-Freemason hysteria in the United States

★ William Morgan (Bible translator), 16th century translator of the Bible

★ William Morgan Butler, U.S. political figure in the 1920s

★ William De Morgan (1839-1917), famed pottery and tile designer in Britain

★ William G. Morgan, credited as having invented volleyball in Holyoke, Massachusetts on February 9, 1895

★ William Morgan (Australian politician) (c. 1829–1883), Premier of South Australia 1878-1881

★ William Morgan (director), mid-20th Century U.S. film editor and director

★ William Wilson Morgan, 20th-century American astronomer.

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References cited

★ Abella, Alex 2000 The Great American: A Novel. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0548-0

★ Crawford, Donald 1997 Michael and Natasha. Scribner. ISBN 0-684-83430-8

★ Pope, Dudley 2001 Harry Morgan's Way: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan 1635-1684 House of Stratus ISBN 1-84232-482-9

★ Strouse, Jean 2000 Morgan: American Financier. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06-095589-9
1. http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Morgan.htm