Tig?

[LingDiLong]

Where does this girl's name come from? Is it short for something? My daughter loves Woolly and Tig on Cbeebies and it makes me wonder every time I watch it. The family in it are Scottish...is it a gaelic/scottish name?

[NigellasDealer]

ooh i love the name Antigone - imagine if your surname was Tigglesworth though?
just one thing, wasn't Antigone the mother of Oedipus?

[WhiteHairReally]

The Tiggy I knew as a child was nicknamed that as she used to growl like a tiger in her playpen. Not sure if she paced as well.

[lljkk]

Tegan becomes Tiggy, too.

[PerkyPenguin]

I know a Tigerlilly called Tiga or Tiger for short.
Tegan could become Tig

[Skogkat]

ItStarted DP and I have had MANY arguments over the name Tig and also about Topsy

[ItStartedWithAKiss241]

This thread answered alot of long standing Woolly and Tig debates between OH and I! X

[Theonlyoneiknow]

The Tigs I know are nn for Tegan

[tinkybaby]

Tig is a varient of Tyr. As in the Norse God.

[LILMSCOATESNME]

Tig in the program's real name is Betsy but I thought maybe they took Taggart (her real father who is also plays her dad on the show is Taggart) and as a 'show biz' joke changed it to Tig for her. FYI her real aunt plays her mom and her big sister is her 'narrator'

[jaide]

My parents and other family members call me tiggy as I was a big baby. Came from tiggy lumps.
I'm now 40 and don't mind being called tiggy, althoough sometimes have to explain why.

[Beamur]

I know a little girl called Tiger. Kid you not.

[TheOriginalSteamingNit]

Have known a Tiggy who was tabitha...

[SanityClause]

I know a girl called Tiggie. As far as I know, it is her name, not short for anything.

[MoodyDidIt]

oh i was wondering this the other day as dc are obsessed with bloody wooly and tig :o

[MoelFammau]

Teagan?

[sydlexic]

I know a Tiegan called Tigs.

[hatebeak]

I thought it was Theresa for some reason...

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I agree with it being a obvious nickname for Antigone. There was a girl a couple of years below me at school called Antigone. I think it's a lovely name!

[LingDiLong]

Thanks all. I think it's quite a cute name for a child but you'd definitely need a longer version for when you're an adult. The child on the TV program is very, very cute and definitely suits the name.

[persephoneplum]

I know an Antigone who is Tiggy, Tig and Tigs for short. It's a heavenly name - adore it.

[seeker]

I know a Tig short for Agatha.

I also used to know a Plods, short for Penelope.

Posh people are sometimes very odd........

[topsyturner]

Teigan possibly ?

[Bluestocking]

Tiggy Legge-Bourke's nickname is something to do with Mrs Tiggywinkle the Beatrix Potter hedgehog.

[MummyPig24]

I know a little girl called Tiggy, short for Antigone, her father is Greek.

[wonkylegs]

The only Tiggy I know was short for his surname Tigglesworth