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I prefer the spelling Teghan

It's a cute name, I associate it mostly with the lesbian band. Never met or heard of another Tegan.

It's a bit boring to me but it's not a bad name. I'm kinda neutral about it really.

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I live in Australia and pronouce it tee-GN.

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Tegan does feel a little dated to me, like mid 90's to mid 00's.

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I prefer Tamsin just because it's more interesting to me than Tegan.

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And as an extra point, I knew a family with 4 girls whose names went together well (I thought): Tegan, Brooke, Jackie and Rachel.

I’ve never liked Tegan or Tamsin. They both seem extremely juvenile and kiddish, like a different Raegan or Megan/Meghan/Maegan.

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According to Google Translate, "tegan" does mean "toy" in Welsh.

I'm in the UK and would pronounce it Tee-gan but to be honest I've never met one and it's never been popular here. It does feel a bit dated to me though. There was a Teigan in Home and Away (Australian soap) in the 90s and I think I heard of some other Teigans/Teegans/Tegans around the same time but I don't know any personally. I'm not a huge fan but then I'm not so keen on modern names.

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Tamsin is lovely in my opinion and a completely different style of name to Tegan. It doesn't feel dated to me. Partly because I don't think it's ever been massively popular although I have known a few.

I like it. Tea gan, I'm an Aussie. I like Tamsin too. They feel modern. Taryn is similar too

This message was edited 10/8/2020, 5:07 AM

I like Tegan, but prefer the Teagan spelling (though this makes it an entirely different name)

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I pronounce it like "tea" like "a cup of tea" and rhyming with "Meagan" ("ga-" as in "gammon" and not as in "gun")

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I'm unsure if it means "toy" sorry, I'm not Welsh

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I'm from England, specifically the North-West. I hadn't heard of either Tegan / Teagan or Tamsin before the last couple of years (though I knew of somebody called Tasmin). I don't think either are dated. Perhaps Tegan / Teagan is slightly so as it sounds similar to Megan and that might be considered dated now as a name from the 90s/2000s. Tamsin I don't have any guesses for.

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Teagan (with this spelling) is actually in my top 10. And the "dated" guess I have does not bother me. It's hardly an Ethel.

I'd expect it to have a short e sound, so Teg- would rhyme with peg. Like Megan (which is Welsh), as it used to be before people started using a long ee and making it Meegan. I'm from South Africa.

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I don't think I've ever met a South African Tegan, and that's fine by me: it seems very uninteresting, as does Tamsin actually.

I say TEE-gən and it just reminds me of Tegan & Sara. (If not for Tegan & Sara I probably would just dislike it. But it is definitely better than Teagan.)

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I think it's okay as a tomboy name, but it might be dated in the US. There's a category of mostly-androgynous 90's names like Tegan, Teagan, Fallon, Jordan, Morgan, Megan, Reagan, Taryn, etc. that all seem dated as a group.

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In the US I think Tegan is a little dated and Tamsin is old-fashioned in a good way (not popular enough to be classic, but not dated either. It feels more like a fantasy character name). Tamsin probably feels different in the UK though.

This message was edited 10/6/2020, 10:33 AM

I don't think I care for it on a girl. It's better on a boy. I'd pronounce it TEE-gan unless told otherwise. I definitely prefer Tamsin for a girl. Tamsin would not feel dated in the US because it's never been at all popular here. I've never met one. Same goes for Tegan.

This message was edited 10/6/2020, 9:44 AM