Megham
Megham (transl. Cloud) is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Priyadarshan, written by T. Damodaran, produced by Suresh Balaje and distributed by Mohanlal through Pranavam Movies. It stars Mammootty, Dileep, Priya Gill, Pooja Batra, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Captain Raju and Cochin Haneefa. The music was composed by Ouseppachan.
Meaning & Origin of Megham
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Megham (transl. Cloud) is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Priyadarshan, written by T. Damodaran, produced by Suresh Balaje and distributed by Mohanlal through Pranavam Movies. It stars Mammootty, Dileep, Priya Gill, Pooja Batra, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Captain Raju and Cochin Haneefa. The music was composed by Ouseppachan.
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The Story of Megham
Megham first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1987: 14 births, good for #5,312 nationwide. About 78% of every Megham on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Megham last appeared in the published SSA data in 1990, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 91 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Megham
Megham is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 91 births in the dataset. Megham's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #5,312. Use the chart and map above to compare Megham's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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