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Tegan

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Blueexpress · 18/02/2022 18:41

I have a Tara and want to stick with a T name. Leaning towards Tegan but also like Trinity and Trudy

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Blueexpress · 18/02/2022 20:47

@SantiagoSky

Tina or Tyra?
Just makes me think of Tyra Banks
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Chisandbiscuits · 18/02/2022 20:47

@clarrylove

I know a Tarragon.
Other people judge on names all the time though. It's a sad fact, but they do.

Personally, I'd go for Tessa rather than the four you chose.

GreenTeaPingPong · 18/02/2022 20:48

I think Maya is lovely as a sister for Tara. (pronounced my - uh)

RallySooney · 18/02/2022 20:48

I know of a Tegan. Her brother is a drug dealer.

CouncilHousedAndViolentBaby · 18/02/2022 20:50

I really like Tegan! And I knew a Taighan who was lovely🥰 Not keen on the others

Comedycook · 18/02/2022 20:51

@Blueexpress

What does the opposite of ‘posh’ mean? Like working class? Because if the glove fits and all…
If I heard the name Tegan, I would assume they were from a working class background. There is nothing wrong with that and I could always be wrong...it would just be my initial assumption. Similarly if I heard the name Arabella I'd assume they were from a posh background. There are also names which I wouldn't be able to make an assumption on...for example, Amelia could be from any class background.

It's not necessarily a bad thing either way but people do make judgements even subconsciously.

Comedycook · 18/02/2022 20:52

Tarragon sounds incredibly posh!

CouncilHousedAndViolentBaby · 18/02/2022 20:52

Lols at the working class drug dealer comments🤣🤣

gogohm · 18/02/2022 20:53

I love Tabitha

RallySooney · 18/02/2022 20:55

@CouncilHousedAndViolentBaby

Lols at the working class drug dealer comments🤣🤣
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snoopcaatz · 18/02/2022 20:56

Tegan -no. Variations on spellings will mean it's always misspelt. Sounds like a Eastenders teen with attitude.

Trinity - no. Just no.

Tarragon - FFS no. It's a herb. End of

Trudy is nice, different and I think sounds quite individual.

Comedycook · 18/02/2022 20:56

Thing is I'm not sure Tara and Tegan go well together. Tara is quite feminine and elegant and Tegan isn't really in the same bracket.

OddsNSodsBitsNBobs · 18/02/2022 20:58

Don't go for Trinity, it sounds awful in my local accent, the second 'T' is dropped- Trin-a-eeeee

How about-

Tessa
Tammy
Talia
Thandie
Thora
Tamsyn
Thea - Th-ee-ah/Tee-ah/Tay-ah depending on your pronunciation, although 5hat brings a new set of problems 😂 I like Tay-ah

collieresponder88 · 18/02/2022 21:00

Tamsin
Tilly
Thomason
Talulah
Tia
Tabitha
Tammy

Blueexpress · 18/02/2022 21:03

@Comedycook
That’s quite interesting. I suppose it would be possible to judge subconsciously, but I certainly wouldn’t do it on a conscious level.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being working class, quite the contrary actually but I do think the downmarket comment made by another poster was a little bit snotty. Sorry.

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TheSmallAssassin · 18/02/2022 21:05

I love Tegan - I have ever since the Doctor Who assistant of the same name, back in the early 80s.

SquigglePigs · 18/02/2022 21:06

Tegan is lovely (as is the Tara you already have). Sorry but Trudy is a bit my parents generation. Not mad keen on Trinity either (and I don't think it goes with Tara).

One of my favourite names I couldn't use was Teyla.

Other T names that might work:
Taylor (alternative spelling to my preferred Teyla)
Tabitha
Tamsin or Tamzin
Tamara
Tasha (not sure if it stands alone though rather than a nickname for Natasha)
Tia
Tanya

tearinghairout · 18/02/2022 21:09

@RallySooney

I know of a Tegan. Her brother is a drug dealer.
I think I might know the same one! But probably there are many! Yes, not a posh name. I love Tamar, Tabitha and Tansy. Not Trinity. Too Matrix.
ChirpyChirp · 18/02/2022 21:18

I think Tegan is a pretty name. I wouldn't associate it with a particular class!

I really dislike Trinity, Trudy and Trina though.

Thea?

LongSummers · 18/02/2022 21:21

Not mad on Tegan at all I’m afraid. same reasons as others have said. Love Tilly / Thea

WhenZoomWasJustAnIceLolly · 18/02/2022 21:22

Trinity is the best.

Tegan to rhyme with Megan or Tee-gan?

Tiffany
Thalia
Tilly
Tess
Theodora

To be honest Tess is the only one I actually like although Tara is nice

WhenZoomWasJustAnIceLolly · 18/02/2022 21:23

Also know a Teyah

RAOK · 18/02/2022 21:32

Tamara, Talia, Taya

JemimaTiggywinkle · 18/02/2022 21:36

I really like Tegan.

Please not Tarragon though - it really is very herby - like naming your baby Parsley. I know some herbs are names (rosemary, basil) but I don’t think Tarragon has made it yet.

JemimaTiggywinkle · 18/02/2022 21:36

Tabitha?