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It's a variant of Tadhgán and/or Teagan or Taegan, a diminutive of Tadhg

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The ae it looks like the diphthong æ (pronounced as in 'cat' or e according to my Old and Middle English textbooks)
But more likely it's pronounced as the ae in the word Gaelic (Gay-lik or Gah-lick)

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- TAY-gen
- TAY-gan
- TAY-gehn
- TAY-ghan
- TAY-ghen

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- TEE-gen
- TEE-gan
- TEE-gehn
- TEE-ghan
- TEE-ghen

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- TIEG-en
- TIEG-an
- TIEG-ehn
- TIEG-han
- TIEG-hen

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All sound fine to me, I think it's a personal preference. I've heard and seen various ways to pronounce this name (and also for Teagan, Taegan, Teaghan)

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I have also seen Teagan pronounced TEE-Gun, I didn't like the 'gun' sound at the end, especially when the G is pronounced hard. One guy actually pronounced it T-Gun (in a Southern/Texan accent, it sounded like he was calling for his weapon)

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Personally I prefer the TAY- sound, but I listen to most of the pronunciations except for TEE-Gun, TIE-gun, T-Gun or Teggen.

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This message was edited 9/21/2012, 2:01 AM