girl's name
Morgane
mor-GAN
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 76,696
France
#748
2025 births
Morgane means sea-born, and its bearer in legend is Morgan le Fay — who begins in the earliest sources as a healer who takes Arthur to Avalon, and only becomes a villain centuries later.
- Morgane is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1993, when 3,660 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 10,718 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1952.
Morgane over time
Births per decade in France, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 15 |
| 1960s | 150 |
| 1970s | 3,655 |
| 1980s | 13,960 |
| 1990s | 34,375 |
| 2000s | 18,120 |
| 2010s | 4,625 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 675 |
What Morgane means
Morgane means sea-born, or sea circle. The Welsh joins a word for the sea to one meaning born or a circle, and the two readings are both current.
Where Morgane comes from
Morgane is the French feminine of Morgan, from the Welsh Morcant — mor, the sea, joined to an element read as born or as a circle. Morgan le Fay appears first in Geoffrey of Monmouth as the chief of nine sisters on Avalon who heals Arthur's wounds; her transformation into an antagonist comes later, through the French romances and then Malory. The name is unrelated to the Welsh Morwenna despite the shared first syllable.
Morgane in use
Morgane peaked in France in 1993, when 3,660 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It charts in exactly one of the six markets we track, at 748th in France on 55 births, across 76,696 lifetime births. Our records carry it from 1900 but almost all volume falls between 1985 and 2000 — a single French decade.
How popular is Morgane?
In 2025, Morgane was given to 55 babies in France, ranking #748 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Morgane is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Morgane
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Morgane also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Morgane over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Morgane in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Morgane
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Morgane — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Morgane
What does the name Morgane mean?
Sea-born, or sea circle — the Welsh mor, the sea, with a disputed second element.
Was Morgan le Fay always a villain?
No. She begins as a healer who takes Arthur to Avalon and becomes an antagonist only in the later romances.
Is Morgane the French form?
Yes — the French feminine of the Welsh Morgan.
How popular is Morgane?
748th in France, down from a 1993 peak of 3,660 births.
Is Morgane a girl's or a boy's name?
Morgane is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Morgane a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Morgane currently ranks #748 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.