# Mahan vs Meghan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Mahan
*name · frequency rank #42,254*
A surname from Irish.

### Meghan
*name · IPA /ˈmɛɡən/ · frequency rank #21,280*
A female given name from Welsh, a pseudo-Irish spelling of the Welsh Megan.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahan-vs-meghan