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'''Morgan'''. English, French, and Welsh. Traditionally masculine, this name became popularly gender neutral in the 1970s. From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant. Possibly meaning "Sea circle" in Welsh.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/morgan-1 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230528101257/https://www.behindthename.com/name/morgan-1 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 235,038 people with this name, used as a feminine name 84% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MO/MORGAN/index.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230127010932/https://mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MO/MORGAN/index.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Keywords: feminine inclined, mystical, two syllables, very common | '''Morgan'''. English, French, and Welsh. Traditionally masculine, this name became popularly gender neutral in the 1970s. From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant. Possibly meaning "Sea circle" in Welsh.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/morgan-1 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230528101257/https://www.behindthename.com/name/morgan-1 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 235,038 people with this name, used as a feminine name 84% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MO/MORGAN/index.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230127010932/https://mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MO/MORGAN/index.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Keywords: feminine inclined, mystical, two syllables, very common | ||
'''Moswen'''. A Tswana word for "white".<ref name="Mannarino2010">Mannarino, Melanie (2019). [https://books.google.com/books?id=LOedDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Hendrix&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA68#v=onepage&q=Hendrix The Best Gender-Neutral Baby Name Book]</ref> African, very rare, two syllables. | |||
'''Murphy.''' English. From an Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Murchadha. Meaning "Descendant of Murchadh" in Irish.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/murphy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230325205734/https://www.behindthename.com/name/murphy Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Murchadh means "Sea warrior" in Irish Gaelic.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/murchadh [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213083158/https://www.behindthename.com/name/murchadh Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> A widely familiar adage called [[Wikipedia:Murphy's Law|Murphy's Law]] says, "Anything that can go wrong, will." There is no clear association between this adage and any one person named Murphy, so it was attributed to Murphy by mistake. US SSA data shows about 4,537 people with this name, used as a masculine name 87% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MU/MURPHY/index.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20210923054200/https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MU/MURPHY/index.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Keywords: battle, gothic, luck, masculine inclined, two syllables, uncommon, water | '''Murphy.''' English. From an Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Murchadha. Meaning "Descendant of Murchadh" in Irish.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/murphy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230325205734/https://www.behindthename.com/name/murphy Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Murchadh means "Sea warrior" in Irish Gaelic.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/murchadh [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213083158/https://www.behindthename.com/name/murchadh Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> A widely familiar adage called [[Wikipedia:Murphy's Law|Murphy's Law]] says, "Anything that can go wrong, will." There is no clear association between this adage and any one person named Murphy, so it was attributed to Murphy by mistake. US SSA data shows about 4,537 people with this name, used as a masculine name 87% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MU/MURPHY/index.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20210923054200/https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MU/MURPHY/index.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Keywords: battle, gothic, luck, masculine inclined, two syllables, uncommon, water | ||