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Tegan

Tegan: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“fair, beautiful”
Origin
Welsh
Say it
TEE-gən · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (73% girls, 27% boys since 1880)

From Welsh Tegan, traditionally explained from teg 'fair, beautiful'. It has also been used as an anglicized form of an unrelated Irish surname in some cases.

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How popular is Tegan?

202444.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tegan in 2024148

2024 rank#2,054 girls

Peak year2011

Total US babies since 18809,232

Tegan is fading: recent use is about 53% of its level ten years before.

Names like Tegan

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Reeseardor, enthusiasm · Welsh
  • Everestfrom the Eurest river settlement · Welsh
  • Emrysimmortal · Welsh
  • Lynnlake · Welsh
  • Wynnfair, blessed · Welsh
  • Cairejoice · Welsh

Tegan questions

What does the name Tegan mean?

Tegan means "fair, beautiful". It comes from Welsh. From Welsh Tegan, traditionally explained from teg 'fair, beautiful'. It has also been used as an anglicized form of an unrelated Irish surname in some cases.

Is Tegan a boy or girl name?

Tegan is used for both: about 73% of US babies named Tegan since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Tegan?

148 US babies were named Tegan in 2024. Its peak year was 2011.

How do you pronounce Tegan?

Tegan is usually pronounced TEE-gən.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.