[Surname] Pronunciation of Teague?
Original and anglicized,if possible, but anything would be helpful. Thank you. :)
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Teague (1)
Usage: Irish
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Variant of Tighe.
Teague (2)
Usage: Cornish
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Means "fair, beautiful" from the Cornish word tek.
This is the information on it here:
Teague (1)
Usage: Irish
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Variant of Tighe.
Teague (2)
Usage: Cornish
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Means "fair, beautiful" from the Cornish word tek.
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Said to a contraction of the Celtic name Mac Tighe / Mac Tigue and meaning the "son of the poet." From an old surname book written in England about the time of WWI.
Pronunciation is TEEG with a hard G as in garlic.
Pronunciation is TEEG with a hard G as in garlic.
Thanks - that's what I originally thought.
Like Tiger without the R
That's what I've heard anyway.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
That's what I've heard anyway.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Thank you. :)