Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m megan.

I say meh or may.

Never mee.

I’ve met a hundred megans (Or variant spellings) over my life.

Never heard a single one who introduced themselves as mee-gan. Not a one. Where do people get that idea?

What is the difference between "meh" and "may"?

Meh as in mention. May as in mother may I.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I’ve always said May-ginn. Never knew there was a different pronunciation. This must be a regional thing. I’m from NYC and New England. Others?

I'm from MA. Literally have never heard May-ginn and I know a million Meg-ins. That sounds like a weird southern drawl. Like the people who say Carrie for Keri.

Most of the country pronounces Carrie and Keri the same. It's neither weird, nor southern, nor drawl.

https://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_15.html

Megan Follows pronounces it Mee-gan.

Anonymous wrote:I’m megan.

I say meh or may.

Never mee.

I’ve met a hundred megans (Or variant spellings) over my life.

Never heard a single one who introduced themselves as mee-gan. Not a one. Where do people get that idea?

What is the difference between "meh" and "may"?

I have an unfortunate Rochester/upstate/western NY accent which emphasizes the "flat A" sound and I say MAY-gun. I can say MEGun when I think about it but the first pronunciation is more natural for me. I know I say it "wrong" according to several MEGuns I know.

Maybe it's regional.

I am from DC and all the Megans I knew growing up are Meh-gun

Now I live in Boston and the three Megans I know are all May-guns

Anonymous wrote:This has to be a regional difference. I'm from western Pennsylvania and would say MEG-en, but probably wouldn't hear the difference if someone said MAY-gen.

Agree you need an Irish accent to say Mee-gan and not sound pretentious.

Hmm, this is interesting. I'm also from western PA. I knew two Megans growing up and they both pronounced it MAY-gen. A friend's daughter (DC area) is named Megan and they pronounce it MEG-en. I always thought it could be pronounced either way. I've never heard it pronounced Mee-gen.

This has to be a regional difference. I'm from western Pennsylvania and would say MEG-en, but probably wouldn't hear the difference if someone said MAY-gen.

Agree you need an Irish accent to say Mee-gan and not sound pretentious.

I'm from the Midwest. Spelled Megan, pronounced MAY-gen my me and my parents. Everyone around here (including DH) says MEH-gun.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I’ve always said May-ginn. Never knew there was a different pronunciation. This must be a regional thing. I’m from NYC and New England. Others?

I'm from MA. Literally have never heard May-ginn and I know a million Meg-ins. That sounds like a weird southern drawl. Like the people who say Carrie for Keri.

Anonymous wrote:Maegan (MAY-gen)

Meagan (ME-gun)

Megan, Meghan (MEH-gun)

This. That's how I'd say the name reading it out loud. Obviously if the person pronounces their own name differently, I'd go with that.

Meg- in. I occasionally hear people say MAY-gin, but I figure that's an accent from another part of the country. Boston or something.