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sillyonehetpes · 2023-05-15T10:59:59+00:00

I like it and rhymes with my surname. Your thoughts?

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sillyonehetpes · 18/05/2023 18:10

@ThickSkinnedSoWhat yet so many women on this thread saying it's so chavvy/so popular for chavs, likening it to Sharon/Darren..... yet I've only heard it once.

I did a Facebook check and so many woman called it :)

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Franticbutterfly · 18/05/2023 17:27

dwightschrutebeets · 15/05/2023 12:04

Prefer the spelling Tegan. I like it!

This.

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sillyonehetpes · 18/05/2023 17:21

Freshlycutgrasss · 18/05/2023 14:50

Really like it but use the Tegan spelling.

Yep Tegan :)

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Freshlycutgrasss · 18/05/2023 14:50

Really like it but use the Tegan spelling.

ThickSkinnedSoWhat · 18/05/2023 14:48

sillyonehetpes · 15/05/2023 13:41

So I think my granddad once said that he choose his children's names based on what sounded nice when put together.

I've got an unusual last name and would often be nicknamed that.

Unfortunately i can't write it online.

I like the name Tegan that I don't think anyones opinion will change my mind lol. But I'm surprised such a negative opinion - I've only heard it once in this country.

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If you've only heard it once, does it not suggest nobody liked it enough to use?

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sillyonehetpes · 18/05/2023 14:47

Housenoob · 18/05/2023 14:45

How you're counting decades

It's how they are counted though. Not counting years.

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Housenoob · 18/05/2023 14:45

How you're counting decades

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sillyonehetpes · 18/05/2023 14:05

Housenoob · 18/05/2023 14:00

This is a very funny thread. Not the name bit but the counting logic.

I like the name though.

What do you mean by counting logic?

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Housenoob · 18/05/2023 14:00

This is a very funny thread. Not the name bit but the counting logic.

I like the name though.

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sillyonehetpes · 18/05/2023 12:44

@Paperlate so many MN on this thread seem to have an issue with mixing with "Chavvy".

I don't live on a "council estate" but neither do I mix with "chavs".... yet so many seem to be displaced by "chavs".

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Paperlate · 18/05/2023 07:33

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 16/05/2023 23:47

This. And I'll own the snobbishness.

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What's wrong with living on a council estate?

fairycupcakes · 17/05/2023 21:52

Anaemiafog · 16/05/2023 15:54

I hate it when people describe names as chavvy, but where I live it would be described as such, sorry.

This. It’s awful.

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sillyonehetpes · 17/05/2023 10:12

tregunamekoidestrecorumsatisdee · 16/05/2023 23:51

I remember really liking the name when there was character called Tegan on Home and Away in the 90s. I haven't really heard it since.

I've never heard it. Not sure why people are so adamant its "chavvy".

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tregunamekoidestrecorumsatisdee · 16/05/2023 23:51

I remember really liking the name when there was character called Tegan on Home and Away in the 90s. I haven't really heard it since.

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 16/05/2023 23:47

HarrietStyles · 15/05/2023 16:25

Sorry, call me a snob, but Teagan is such a chavvy name. To me it conjures up parents called Tracey and Wayne and she lives on a council estate.

This. And I'll own the snobbishness.

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sillyonehetpes · 16/05/2023 19:55

Dora33 · 16/05/2023 15:41

To me they are still names, but I don't think we will agree on that.

but Teagan is a very old Irish name
There is even a place in wicklow ireland Kiltegan (Irish: Cill Téagáin, meaning 'church of Tegan') named after saint tegan who founded the church as a disciple of St Patrick.
Any OP, go with your instinct if you like a name. Hope all goes well

Thank you.

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Anaemiafog · 16/05/2023 15:54

I hate it when people describe names as chavvy, but where I live it would be described as such, sorry.

SunnyFog · 16/05/2023 15:52

Taidhgín
Taidhgfhinn

Dora33 · 16/05/2023 15:41

To me they are still names, but I don't think we will agree on that.

but Teagan is a very old Irish name
There is even a place in wicklow ireland Kiltegan (Irish: Cill Téagáin, meaning 'church of Tegan') named after saint tegan who founded the church as a disciple of St Patrick.
Any OP, go with your instinct if you like a name. Hope all goes well

LunaMay · 16/05/2023 15:37

sillyonehetpes · 15/05/2023 16:59

The 90s was four decades ago.....

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You be quiet!!!

I'm an Aussie and know a few Teagan's and a Teegan all pronounced Tee-gan.
1 is Teegz, Teeg-y, TeegyTeegz depending on my mood, so be prepared for that i guess. I like the name and it has a nice meaning.

Some Aussies may relate it to 'Baby Teagan' i guess but you wouldnt have to worry about that.

PickledScrump · 16/05/2023 15:04

@sillyonehetpes a decade is literally 10 years. That could mean 1993 to 2003, that’s a decade. It’s used in the same way as a dozen means 12. So four decades ago was 1983. Four decades literally means 40 years. It does not mean 1990, 2000 etc.

SallyWD · 16/05/2023 14:52

I really dislike the name. Sorry.

mathanxiety · 16/05/2023 14:44

I'm mocking the Oirishness, @Dora33.

Basically, the idea that adding random Hs, Es, and GHs makes a name Irish...

Dora33 · 16/05/2023 13:08

I'm also Irish, living in Ireland and know of 3 girls aged 21 and under with this name. One spelt tegan. 2 of the parents as well as liking it, used it as it was an Irish name.
If its also a name from other counties Scotland, Wales and the States etc, that's great.
I do find your use of this term offensive. You being Irish makes no difference.
We all can like or dislike names. But I don't see the need to mock names.

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sillyonehetpes · 16/05/2023 12:52

SilentParrot · 16/05/2023 09:52

Ireland does not claim Teagan.

That's a shame

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