Meg's Name Day

16th November

Meg, the name has a description or meaning which is from the Greek, 'a pearl'

Meg has a Name day of 16th November, please check our history page to find out how this was derived

This description represents the Female usage of the name.

This name is a variant of the original name Margaret

There is also an alternative celebration date of 20th July for this Name day and represents different religious interpretations or different festival days for Saints

St Margaret is a patron saint of the following:

Symbols are often associated with Saints, it often helped in the middle ages when people were unable to read thus Margaret has the following symbols associated

Historically Famous Megs

Perhaps the most attractive St Margaret was the gentle and strong-willed English woman of noble birth who escaped to Scotland after William the Conqueror defeated the English royal house. She married Malcolm, the rather brutal King of Scotland, and bore him several children. Her personal influence affected the Scottish court for good, and she also persuaded the Church to conform to Western disciplines. She and her husband founded Dunfermline Abbey and one of her sons, David, was to become both a king and a saint. .

St Margaret of Antioch, although the legend of her martyrdom is probably a romantic tale, it is very similar to that of Catherine