Tegan

Tegan is a unisex given name: about 27% of people named Tegan are men and 73% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 27%Female 73%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 27% male / 73% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain, Ireland
US births since 1880: 2,056 male / 5,577 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Tegan

To address Tegan when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Tegan," in English, "Guten Tag Tegan," in German. About 27% of people named Tegan are men and 73% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Tegan,

German

Guten Tag Tegan,

French

Bonjour Tegan,

Spanish

Estimado/a Tegan:

Chinese

Tegan您好：

Japanese

Tegan様

English

Hi Tegan,

German

Hi Tegan,

French

Salut Tegan,

Spanish

Hola Tegan,

Chinese

Tegan你好：

Japanese

Teganさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Tegan by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	27%
Great Britain	rare	woman's name	25%
Ireland	rare	woman's name	25%

United States birth data

2,056 male · 5,577 female · 7,633 births recorded

Male 27%Female 73%

Since 1980: 28% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tegan a male or female name?

Tegan is a unisex given name: about 27% of people named Tegan are men and 73% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Tegan in an email?

Is Tegan a unisex name?

Tegan is not a unisex name: 27% of people named Tegan are men. Tegan leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Tegan a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/tegan (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_tegan,
  title  = {Is Tegan a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/tegan},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}