# Morven (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/morven/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | “the sea gap”, “the big gap” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 90, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of the place name Morvern, from Scottish Gaelic A' Mhorbhairne, meaning "the sea gap" or "the big gap".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 | 1,995 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,487 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.