Which spelling do you prefer

Boy Names
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for tadhg/teague pronounced tie-guh how do you prefer it to be spelled?

  • Tadhg
  • Teague
  • Something else, comment below please

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I always want to pronounce [name_m]Teague[/name_m] as tee-guh, so [name_m]Tadhg[/name_m] gets my vote

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I love [name_m]Tadhg[/name_m] :heart_eyes:

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I am swooning over it! You actually suggested it in one of my previous posts! Honestly I thought it was a typo at first! :sweat_smile: I love the meaning too, tysm for commenting and helping me find this name, I think I’m obsessed lol

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I agree! When compared to Reagan or Teagan, you get the hard eee sound… Teague confuses me at first glance.

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Honestly neither of these spellings are intuitive for me at all. [name_m]Teague[/name_m] I would assume is pronounced like [name_u]Teagan[/name_u] just without the -an (like teeg). And Tadgh is extremely hard for me to figure out. [name_f]My[/name_f] first instinct was something like Tad-guh or [name_m]Tag[/name_m], but if I saw it I would honestly have no clue how to pronounce it and I don’t really see how you get tie-guh from it at all. For reference, I am American and only speak [name_f]English[/name_f] so I’m sure that is part of my confusion.

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[name_u]Taiga[/name_u]

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] the pronunciation of this name, and I usually dislike made-up spellings, but in this case it might be worth it in the US. Definitely tricky to get an intuitive spelling.

Maybe:
[name_m]Tyge[/name_m]
[name_m]Tige[/name_m]
Taig

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[name_m]Teague[/name_m] doesn’t seem phonetic (in English) for Tie-guh (I guessed Teeg, rhyming with league), so in that case I’d go with what I presume is the original Gaelic spelling of Tadgh.

This is a beautiful name, but I think it will be a challenge outside of Gaelic-speaking areas; which is not to say it isn’t worth that challenge, just that I think many people will say “Tad” or “Tag.”

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I thought it was pronounced this way too!

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This feels the most phonetic to me, but also doesn’t seem like the “same” name as Tadgh since it’s visually so different.

However, it’s also the name of a region in Siberia (also pronounced Ty-guh, I believe), so that is a cool alternate meaning/origin, and perhaps an easier name to wear (outside of Gaelic speaking communities). Actually really crushing on [name_u]Taiga[/name_u] now!

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