Tegan

English

Etymology

• (female): 20th-century coinage from Welsh tegan (“toy, darling”).
• (surname): Transferred use of Irish Ó Tadhgáin, a surname.
• (male): From Teagan, from a diminutive of Irish Tadhg.

Proper noun

Tegan (plural Tegans)

1. A female given name from Welsh.
   • 1999, John Kenneth Muir, A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television‎, page 339:

     Janet Fielding's Tegan also says goodbye to Doctor Who in "Resurrection of the Daleks," and her farewell has an abrupt air to it. […] Tegan simply has a temper tantrum and says she has seen too much violence. She then runs off into a warehouse and disappears.

   • 2007, Christine Jones, Mariard, Volume 1: The Gifting, page 68:

     The lad felt most honoured when Tegan called him her best friend.

   • 2007 August, Barry Walters, “How To Tell Tegan From Sara”, in Spin, page 44:

     Canadian indie-rock duo Tegan and Sara Quin have spent a lifetime answering the question: "So which one of you is which?"

   • 2011, Catherine Powell, Safeguarding And Child Protection For Nurses, Midwives And Health Visitors‎, page 126:

     Following a restless and difficult day, Tegan, who is 11 weeks old, falls asleep cuddled up with her mother Carys on the sofa.

2. A male given name from Irish. Alternative form of Teagan.
   • 2008, Lara Adrian, Midnight Awakening, published 2013, unnumbered page:

     'But,' Tegan prompted, pulling Elise toward him like he wanted something firm to hold onto. 'But it was empty.'

3. A surname.
   • 2006, Report of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court and in the Court of Appeals of the State of Idaho, page 14:

     Their next door neighbor told Ott she had seen Tegan the night before the report was made and he did not have any bruises on his head.

See also

• Tegwen

Anagrams

• Agent, agent, ganté, genta