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
Grammatical form

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

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.