Tadgh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TYGE
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Tadgh is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “poet, philosopher”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Tadgh mean?
Irish: variant spelling of Tadhg
“poet, philosopher”
A spelling of Tadhg, an old Irish name often anglicised as Teague or Timothy.
Is Tadgh a girl's or a boy's name?
Tadgh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tadgh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Tadgh, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tadgh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 137 boys in the UK were given Tadgh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #360, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Tadhg 133
- Tadgh 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Tadgh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names like Tadgh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Conan Conn Rowan Conlan Brody Rogan Darragh Connla Kody Callan
Other spellings of Tadgh
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tadgh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tadgh, updated 20 October 2026.