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Tigan

Gender
Girl
Say it
TEE-gan
Origin
Welsh

Tigan is a girls' name of Welsh origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Tigan come from?

Welsh: probably a variant of Welsh Tegan

Is Tigan a girl's or a boy's name?

Tigan is a girls' name.

How popular is Tigan in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 5 girls.

2001Busiest: 5 in 20012007
Tigan in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20071#7,017
20063#5,259
20055#3,543
20043#4,789
20035#3,233
20021#5,540
20015#2,928

Names like Tigan

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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, “Tigan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tigan, updated 20 October 2026.