Tegan

Where Tegan comes from

* (female): 20th-century coinage from Welsh tegan (“pet, darling”). * (surname): Transferred use of Irish Ó Tadhgáin, a surname. * (male): From Teagan, from a diminutive of Irish Tadhg.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tegan
  • Welsh
  • Irish
  • 2 syllables
Tegan through the years
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #6,086 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Tegan Moss born
    Canadian actress
  3. 1992
    Tegan Martin born
    Australian model
  4. 2008
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 2011
    Peak, #777
    350 babies named Tegan, the most in any year.
  6. 2021
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,337.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh.
  • A male given name from Irish. Alternative form of Teagan.
Namesakes
  • Tegan Moss · Canadian actress, born 1985
  • Tegan Martin · Australian model, born 1992
  • Tegan McPharlin · cricketer, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.