Entry № 10425 · Cornish origin

Tegen Tegen — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TEH-gen /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Cornish
Meaning
"Pretty thing, little ornament"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Cornish)

A name that means "pretty thing, little ornament".

Tegen is the Cornish word for "a pretty thing" or "little ornament" — also "toy." Used as a feminine name in Cornish.

Tegen is rare but rising in Cornwall.

Little ornament. The Cornish endearment.

The name in its native script.

Tegen
Transliteration
Tegen
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɛɡ.ən /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Tegen stands.

Tegen does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Tegens before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Tegen
Common in Cornish fiction.

Names connected to Tegen.

The number behind Tegen.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tegen reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.