Tadhg
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning poet or philosopher.
Babies a year
98
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#412
98 babies · down from #406
Tadhg by the numbers
In 2025, 98 babies in England and Wales were named Tadhg. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tadhg. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean song or music
Like Tadhg, each of these has song or music in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Harperharp player10,735 in the US (2017)
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
- Apollogreek god of music, poetry, and sun525 in the US (2017)
- Rishisage; seer; poet28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arionvery melodious; from the legendary poet and musician73 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tadhg
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