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Tadhg

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Boy · Old Irish

Tadhg

Say it: TYGE

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Meaning

Old Irish tadg, often glossed 'poet' or 'philosopher', though the word's sense is not certain.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

010203018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2020per million babies of that sex
  • 415 babies given this name since 1992
  • At its height in 2020, about 1 in 48,800 boys
  • 35 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
  2. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  3. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Irish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Tadg

Famous bearers

  • Tadc mac Briain, son of Brian Boru

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Where this comes from

  • The Irish annals and early Irish literature
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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