Tadhg

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Hi there! We are expecting our fourth baby, our third boy and am wondering about the name Tadhg. I really love it but recently heard that it can be used with a negative connotation. I have never heard it used this way before, is this common? When people hear the name, they think of a slur against Irish Catholics? Or is Tadhg more like a "Mick" or "plastic Paddy"? I hope that makes sense
Thanks

It's lovely, I know of three little Tadhgs (all under 3) in in Yorkshire so I it seems to be getting more popular - I think it will end up like Niamh or Siobhan where most people know how to pronounce it.

Love the name - used to sit next to a Tadhg in primary school and he was a really nice boy, so always held a positive connotation for me.

This was a school in England - no issues pronouncing his name from the class.

Ulster Irish here too and it's definitely still an "eye" vowel.

@OpthalmosVerde taig rhymes with plague, Tadhg is the first syllable of tiger (basically tie. The T is a little different but you know what I mean)

I've never ever thought Tadhg offensive - I know that the word taig comes from Tadhg and that Tadhg was another way of calling Irish people "Micks" (Tadhg was supposedly equivalent to Tim) but I like the name and it would never occur to me to find offensive. I'm in Catholic West Belfast if that helps

I would have pronounced this as Tag rather than the start of Tiger! I think it's a lovely name, I'm from NI myself and I would never even think of the taig thing when seeing this name. Thankfully not from a bitter area.