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Tadhg.

a male given name from Old Irish, historically anglicized as Thaddeus or Timothy but etymologically unrelated to them.

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

name/t̪ˠai(ə)ɡ/Connacht, Munster/t̪ˠeːɡ/Ulster/t̪ˠɤːɡ/Ulster
  1. a male given name from Old Irish, historically anglicized as Thaddeus or Timothy but etymologically unrelated to them.

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish Tadg (whence also Old Norse Taðkr), from the common noun tadg (“poet”), from pre-Goidelic *tazgos, from Proto-Celtic *taskos (“badger”). Cognate with Manx Taig and with Gaulish names like Tasgetius, Tasciovanus, Moritasgus.

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