# Tegan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtiːɡən/ · frequency rank #43,408

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Welsh.
2. A male given name from Irish. Alternative form of Teagan.
3. A surname.

## Etymology
* (female): 20th-century coinage from Welsh tegan (“pet, darling”).
* (surname): Transferred use of Irish Ó Tadhgáin, a surname.
* (male): From Teagan, from a diminutive of Irish Tadhg.

## Easily confused with
- **ten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-ten)
- **than** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-than)
- **Tran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-tran)
- **tian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-tian)
- **toga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-toga)
- **tern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-tern)
- **tuan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-tuan)
- **Texas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-texas)
- **titan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-titan)
- **Texan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-texan)
- **Teton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-teton)
- **tenant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-tenant)
- **Tehran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-tehran)
- **tea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tea-vs-tegan)
- **tan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tan-vs-tegan)
- **team** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/team-vs-tegan)
- **tear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tear-vs-tegan)
- **teen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teen-vs-tegan)
- **teal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teal-vs-tegan)
- **teas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teas-vs-tegan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`etgan`, `teagn`, `tegann`, `teggan`, `tegna`, `tgean`, `ttegan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tegan