Tegan
{{Infobox surname |name = Tegan
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|pronunciation = {{IPA|cy|ˈtɛgan}}
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|meaning = "beautiful," "loved one," "favourite,"“blessed” "toy."
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Tegan is a given name of Welsh origin. It is a diminutive of the Welsh word teg ('fair')
and means 'darling', 'loved one', or 'favourite', and is the normal Welsh word for 'toy'.{{cite book | title = Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru | publisher = University of Wales | volume = taenell–Zwingliaid | date = 2006 | page = 5851 | url = http://www.cymru.ac.uk/geiriadur/ | access-date = 2012-09-26 | archive-date = 2005-12-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051203121705/http://www.cymru.ac.uk/geiriadur/gpc_pdfs.htm | url-status = dead }}{{cite web | title = Geiriadur yr Academi | last1 = Griffiths | first1 = Bruce | last2 = Glyn Jones | first2 = Dafydd | publisher = Welsh Language Commissioner and Uned Technolegau Iaith, Bangor University | date = 2012 | url = http://techiaith.bangor.ac.uk/GeiriadurAcademi/ | accessdate = 27 October 2012}}
People with the name
Notable people with the first name Tegan include:
- Tegan Bennett Daylight (born 1969), Australian author
- Tegan Fourie (born 1998), South African field hockey player
- Tegan Higginbotham (born 1988), Australian comedian and actress
- Tegan Marie (born 2003), American country singer and songwriter
- Tegan Martin (born 1992), Australian model and beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Universe Australia 2014, and Top 10 Miss Universe 2014
- Tegan McCarthy (born 1997), Papua New Guinean swimmer
- Tegan Moss (born 1985), Canadian actress
- Tegan Nox (born 1994), Welsh professional wrestler
- Tegan Philip (born 1988), Australian netball player
- Tegan Quin (born 1980), Canadian singer-songwriter, half of the duo Tegan and Sara
- Tegan Riding (born 1993), Australian football player
- Tegan West (born 1959), American actor and writer
Fictional characters
- Tegan Callahan, fictional character in the Australian television series Home and Away
- Tegan Freedman, fictional character in the Australian television series Neighbours
- Tegan Jovanka, fictional character in the British television series Doctor Who
- Tegan Lomax, fictional character in the British television series Hollyoaks
- PC Tegan Thompson, fictional character in the British television series No Offence
- Tegan Price, fictional character in the US television series How to Get Away with Murder