Tiggy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TIG-ee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
Tiggy is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies).
What does Tiggy mean?
English: pet name of uncertain origin
Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (1905) features a hedgehog washerwoman of that name.
Is Tiggy a girl's or a boy's name?
Tiggy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tiggy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Tiggy, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tiggy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.
Tiggy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
Names like Tiggy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy, Riley, Nancy, Eden, Daisy, Poppy, Hallie, Olive, Nellie, Orla, Willow, Lily
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie, Frankie, Grayson
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, “Tiggy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tiggy, updated 20 October 2026.