Irish name pronunciation?

[tiredandemosh1]

Hi I am looking for an Irish boys name. My other children have Irish names but my DP does not like any I do for this baby.
Anyway, I'm loving the name Tadhg. Is it pronounced the same all over Ireland? I initially thought it was Tag but learned it's like tiger but without the er. Is that correct?

Yes that's how it is pronounced in Ireland. Nice.

Yes Tag is how I would pronounce it.

I have a Finn. I also like Liam and Conor.

Definitely not Tag. The simplest way is to say Tiger without the r - although the "i" sound is slightly more elongated than in Tiger- so imagine saying tiiger!!

It’s pronounced Tige, like tiger with no R, like you say. 100% not Tag

Loads of lovely Irish boys names but why is your DP not keen if the rest of your children have Irish names? Or is it just Tadg he doesn't like?

Liam is a good compromise as he can be christened William (if you are UK based for example) and go by Liam, Will or the full moniker if he ends up as a high court judge.

Beware American websites, they have a lot of Irish names which are American "Irish"

I'm in the west of Ireland and pronounce it like the first part of tiger. It's a nice name.

I think it is the Irish version of Timothy.

Nobody pronounces it Tag (?) in Ireland, as PPs have said it's more like Tiger without the 'r'.

www.ireland101.com/what-is/timothy/irish

It is Tadhg.

Nobody pronounces it Tag (?) in Ireland, as PPs have said it's more like Tiger without the 'r'.

In NI we do. Tag and the tige part of tiger sound the same in my accent.

Agree with Smallsteps 88, it would be Tiige in the Republic and would be Tagg in Northern Ireland, and maybe Donegal

What about Tomás, Fionn, Declan?

Teagan, which is derived from Tadhg and might be easier for people to pronounce. It’s a unisex name.

Love it! I’d pronounce it Tige.

Are you living in Ireland OP or elsewhere? If its anywhere else I'd choose a name that is universally recognised phonetically. Otherwise you're setting your child up for a lifetime of correcting people.

If you're not Irish/Northern Irish, or living there, and like the sound of the name, I'd be more inclined for changing the spelling to make it more phonetic in English. Tiyg for example (Tige coukd be pronounces Tije).

If your child has no cultural connection then is a lifetime of having "how do you spell that?" followed by "What?" worth it?

It's completely different if it's your culture or cultural heritage.

@022828MAN

Are you living in Ireland OP or elsewhere? If its anywhere else I'd choose a name that is universally recognised phonetically. Otherwise you're setting your child up for a lifetime of correcting people.

Why? Surely there is no such thing as universally recognised phonetics? .

Yes, like tiger without the "er"

Why? Surely there is no such thing as universally recognised phonetics?

Sorry, not universally recognised then, but at least nationally around the UK. I wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce or spell that name, I don't think many people outside of Ireland would.

Sorry, not universally recognised then, but at least nationally around the UK. I wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce or spell that name, I don't think many people outside of Ireland would.

It's no big deal though surely. My friend is Spanish. I've never learnt Spanish so I asked her how to pronounce her name. She told me, and then I knew.

Another Tiger without the 'r' here too

I love the name Phelan (Irish name meaning wolf apparently)

In Irish it’s more like ‘Thige’ with the ‘th’ sound from the beginning of ‘thou’. Like ‘thigh’ but with a hard g at the end.

But if you thought it was pronounced Tad, I’m not sure what you’re being so enthusiastic about, exactly, or why you would give a child a name you yourself had to research the pronunciation of?

Kieran is quite well known

Thank you for all the replies.
All my family live in Ireland, maternal side near west coast, paternal side Northern Ireland. I'm in England.
My sons name is very unusual, always asked how to pronounce it and we always get told how lovely it is. I asked him if he's ever minded as he's older now. He said he loves it when people guess, he wouldn't like to be called anything else.
Baby will have an English surname so want to have an Irish first name, again unusual. I'm asking how to say this name as I've never come across one in real life and am just checking before I mention it to DP. It's growing on me even more!!

My Ulster-born friends pronounce it like Tag but elsewhere it's more like Tiger without the er.
The 'T' sound is a bit softer though (I don't know how to explain it).

It’s becoming quite a popular name even outside of Ireland so I think you’ll have less and less of an issue with people pronouncing it as he grows up.