Tadhg


Gender:
Origin: Gaelic
51 famous people named Tadhg found on Wikipedia.
352 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 5706-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 3531-th in year 2009
Used in: Irish, Scottish

Meanings

Tadhg (alternative spellings include Tadgh and Tadg), is an Irish and Scottish Gaelic masculine name that was very common when the Gaelic languages predominated, to the extent that it is a synecdoche for Irish Gaelic man. The name signifies "poet" or "philosopher". This was also the name of many Gaelic Irish kings from the 10th to the 16th centuries, particularly in Connacht and Munster. Tadhg is most common in south-west Ireland, particularly in County Cork and County Kerry.
The name has enjoyed a surge in popularity recently; in 2005 it was the 69th most common name for baby boys and in 2010 the 40th, according to the Central Statistics Office in Ireland. In the form "Taig" the name is used as a term of derogatory abuse for an Irish Catholic.


Poet.

Famous People: 51 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Tadhg Furlong 1992 Irish rugby union player
2 Tadhg Kennelly 1981 Irish Gaelic and Australian rules footballer
3 Tadhg Beirne 1992
4 Tadhg Kelly 1988 Actor from the United States
5 Tadhg Dall Ó hÚiginn 1550 Irish poet
6 Tadhg Purcell 1985 Irish footballer
7 Tadhg Olltach Ó an Cháinte
8 Tadhg de Búrca Irish sportsperson
9 Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh Irish chief
10 Tadhg Ó Cianáin Irish historian
11 Tadhg Crowley 1890 Irish politician
12 Tadhg O'Connor 1947 Irish hurler
13 Tadhg Ó Donnchadha 1874 Irish writer
14 Tadhg Ó Cellaigh King of Uí Maine
15 Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mór King of Desmond
16 Tadhg Cooke Irish singer
17 Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin TV personality
18 Tadhg Peavoy Irish journalist
19 Tadhg Lyne 1930 Gaelic football player
20 Tadhg Slattery South African Paralympic swimmer
21 Tadhg Flynn 1983 Irish hurler
22 Tadhg an tSleibhe Ó Fathaigh Irish chief of the Name
23 Tadhg Haran 1991 Irish hurler
24 Tadhg mac Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair
25 Tadhg Óg Murphy 1986 Irish hurler
26 Tadhg Caech Ó Cellaigh Irish king
27 Tadhg Mór Ó hUiginn Irish poet
28 Tadhg Ua Cellaigh Irish king
29 Tadhg Manley 1893 Irish politician
30 Tadhg Mac Lochlainn Irish historian
31 Tadhg Riabhach Ó Dubhda Irish king
32 Tadhg Murphy 1951 Irish hurler
33 Tadhg mac Diarmaid Ó Máille
34 Tadhg mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha 1570 Irish Gaelic poet and historian
35 Tadhg Doichleach Ua Dálaigh Chief poet of Erinn and Alba
36 Tadhg Ó Neachtain
37 Tadhg mac Muirchertach Irish king
38 Maelruanaidh mac Tadhg Irish king
39 Tadhg mac Domnall O Cellaigh Irish king
40 Cú Ceanain mac Tadhg Irish prince
41 Tadhg Mor mac Maelruanaidh Irish king
42 Tadhg Ó Cobhthaigh 1554 Irish poet
43 Timothy Sullivan 1715 Irish poet
44 Tadhg of Uí Díarmata First recorded king of Uí Díarmata
45 Tadhg Begley Irish chemist
46 Tadhg Buidhe mac Tadhg Riabhach Ó Dubhda
47 Tadhg Ó Caiside
48 Tadhg S. Seioghe 1857 Irish writer
49 Tadhg Ruadh Ó Cellaigh Irish king
50 Tadhg O’Sullivan 1927 Irish ambassador
51 Tadhg Mág Tighearnán