Beagan?

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NN Bea?

Really no

Op sorry for any offence, I didn't know it was actually a name (albeit a surname). But it really is truly horrible, just sounds like it was meant to be something else and you got it wrong. And please don't call a boy Bea.

Sorry, I'm not keen either. It remind me of Beagle. I would have assumed it was a girls name (I suppose because it's a bit like Megan), and with the nn Bea, I definitely would have thought it was a girls name.

Really awful. Like Beagle .

Thanks to the pp who reminded me about Balonz... off to read that one again as it never fails to make me laugh

I have never heard this as a name or a surname. Do you mean 'beagán' as in 'small amount' or 'little bit' of? In Munster Irish, that would be pronounced 'byug- AWN', not 'bee-gun' as some people are clearly imagining. And it would be as weird to Irish speakers as calling your child 'Small Amount' or 'Little Bit'.

Also Irish, also never heard of it as a first name or surname, though it does seem to exist, checking on irishgenealogy.ie.

Instantly my first reaction was that it would be a girl's name to rhyme with Megan.

I imagine that it might be pronounced 'Beegan'

Beagán would make more sense as a name but it is more 'a little' than 'little' so not one I'd personally go for.

I can't warm to it. Sorry OP

I agree with Madwomans about the pronunciation. Beag which is small in Irish has a byug (as in jug) and would I imagine be a nightmare to keep having to explain to non native speakers.
If you go with rhyming it to reagan then you lose the meaning.
I think even for Irish speakers its too out there.
I know for girls the 'een'/'in' ending means little ie Blaithin is little flower, (sorry cant do fada's on phone) but I don't think theres an actual ending for boys?
I know lots of boys have Og (fada on O) as a suffix which means young but usually if they have their dads name.

Some people call their child Wayne. If you're from NI (or possibly Scotland?) you'll know why that's the same

We'll be having boys called 'Tipyn' and girls called 'Tamaid' in Wales next.

Mind you, I've heard mothers in Wales swear blind Tegan is a Welsh name and is pronounced Te-gan (with the te- as in the number ten) as opposed to Tea-gan. No, 'tegan' is a Welsh common noun and it means 'toy'.

Not keen (sorry) I just don't think it has a nice sound if you get me!

There's a kids' clothes shop in Glasgow called Wean's World.

I thought that francis!

squoosh! That's genius!

All these years I thought 'wean' was pronounced 'ween'. I've only ever seen it written down. It's nice to learn new stuff.

It's pronounced like Wayne , but we spell it either wean or wain lol

It is a name... It's Gaelic

In what sense is it? Do you mean Irish, or Scottish, or from the Isle of Man?

It's the Irish word for "few". Also a surname.

Proof

Begin at the very Beagan, its a very good place to start....lah, lah, lah

No its horrible, don't do it.

Reminds me of the dog breed

I'm Irish, and it would definitely be pronounced byug-gawn around these parts.

I'm an Irish speaker and as PPs have said, it'd be pronounced BYUG-unn (and be meaningless) without the fada on the last a, and byug-AWN and mean 'a little bit' (of something) with the fada. Like a little bit of milk in your tea. I've never heard it as either a first name or surname.

Thanks mrsjayy

All these years I thought 'wean' was pronounced 'ween'. I've only ever seen it written down.

If you mean the word 'wean' as in weaning a child off their bottle or dummy then yes it is pronounced like ween.

But the word "wean" used to indicate a child is pronounced more like "wee un" but rolled together if that makes sense. Because it literally is the words "wee one" (wee/small child) smushed together. In my NI accent the name Wayne is pronounced the same as "weeun" or "wean".