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Tegan

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Blueexpress · 18/02/2022 18:41

I have a Tara and want to stick with a T name. Leaning towards Tegan but also like Trinity and Trudy

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Cheekypeach · 20/02/2022 13:42

Tabby is a cat’s name.

Whatdramain2022 · 20/02/2022 13:33

Tegan is an awful name. Trudy is a short version on Gertrude. I like Trinity and also Tabitha because the short version Tabby is cute.

mumofEandE · 20/02/2022 13:18

My DD would have been called Tess if I didn't have an irrational hatred of Tess Daley! (Also bad memories of Tess of the D'Urbervilles at GCSE)

I hate American names / using surnames as First names / Kardashian type names etc but I like Tegan / Teagan !!

Cheekypeach · 20/02/2022 13:18

@Chewbecca

I can’t ‘hear’ it in any other tone. The name is perfect for screeching.
How weird. I mean you could screech any name couldn’t you.
AlexaLouder · 20/02/2022 13:09

I like Tegan.

Taz is a cute but as a nickname - short for Tazmin. Or Topaz as suggested above.

I know you're wedded to the 'T' names thing, but just as a wildcard, what about Kerenza? Goes really nicely with Tegan and has a similar feel. (Or even Keturah/Ketura as then you could have a 'T' nickname of Tura!)

Chewbecca · 20/02/2022 12:09

I can’t ‘hear’ it in any other tone. The name is perfect for screeching.

Cheekypeach · 20/02/2022 11:45

@Chewbecca

Tamsin is the best of the names mentioned.

I’m afraid Tegan to me sounds like it should be screeched, e.g. across the park or supermarket by a worn out, harassed mum.

Just don’t screech it then?
Chewbecca · 20/02/2022 11:42

Tamsin is the best of the names mentioned.

I’m afraid Tegan to me sounds like it should be screeched, e.g. across the park or supermarket by a worn out, harassed mum.

Twizbe · 20/02/2022 11:40

I love the name Tegan. I went to school with one and she was really nice.

Gwenhwyfar · 20/02/2022 11:38

@WhenZoomWasJustAnIceLolly

I've ways thought of Tegan as a Welsh name. Didn't realise people are so snobby about it.

Tegan in Welsh means ‘toy’ and rhymes with Megan.

Yes and Welsh speakers don't traditionally use it as a name. However, it came to mean tegan as it also means 'fair (as in loved/favoured) thing' so I can see how it can also be a name.
WhenZoomWasJustAnIceLolly · 20/02/2022 10:14

I've ways thought of Tegan as a Welsh name. Didn't realise people are so snobby about it.

Tegan in Welsh means ‘toy’ and rhymes with Megan.

ThatsNotMyGolem · 20/02/2022 08:47

Tegan is awful.

And don't do matching letters for siblings. It will be a nightmare when they're getting mail. Plus it's tacky.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 20/02/2022 08:30

@BlueFlavour

I agree *@ZoyaTheDestroyer*. Pearl and Ruby yes Topaz and Emerald no It’s interesting why not.
I LOVE Emerald as a given name. I have seen it snottily dismissed as a ‘stripper name’ on here but the only one I know is properly posh!
Drybird2020 · 20/02/2022 08:23

I've ways thought of Tegan as a Welsh name. Didn't realise people are so snobby about it.

Love Tamar, it was on my shortlist.

Trinity is pure Matrix for me, too much so!

Tamarisk (nn Tammy) and Trixie are my contributions to the thread

BlueFlavour · 20/02/2022 08:16

I agree @ZoyaTheDestroyer.
Pearl and Ruby yes
Topaz and Emerald no
It’s interesting why not.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 20/02/2022 08:12

@labyrinthlaziness

I think well-established names are different, topaz makes me think of the rings people wore in school. Jasper has a really long history as a name.

The reason classic names persist is we associate them with people, not objects.

Sure. I was just addressing your suggestion that there might be a correlation between the preciousness of the gem and its popularity as a given name. If that were the case then Diamond and Sapphire would be much more widely used as names.
Piggy42 · 20/02/2022 08:12

Why not go with Tamsin, but keep the nickname Taz? Only because i would think it’s slightly more usual, so she’s less likely to have to correct people.

interferingma · 20/02/2022 07:54

Tamsin, Tamsyn, Tamzin or Thomasina?

labyrinthlaziness · 20/02/2022 07:53

I think well-established names are different, topaz makes me think of the rings people wore in school. Jasper has a really long history as a name.

The reason classic names persist is we associate them with people, not objects.

ThanksItHasPockets · 20/02/2022 07:52

Topaz can be precious or semiprecious depending on its colour. ‘Precious’ or ‘imperial’ topaz are the rarest and are yellow to orange.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 20/02/2022 07:50

Topaz is a semiprecious stone but then so are jade and jasper, both well-established as names.

labyrinthlaziness · 20/02/2022 07:42

Topaz is a fairly cheap stone, I thought? That might be why.

BlueFlavour · 20/02/2022 07:34

I really like Topaz, and don’t understand why it’s not more popular, we have Ruby, why not Topaz?
Tegan sounds too masculine for me, and plus I knew a mean one in DD’s class.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 20/02/2022 07:27

How about Topaz?

labyrinthlaziness · 20/02/2022 07:24

Taz is a bad idea looneytunes.fandom.com/wiki/Tasmanian_Devil