Message Forum: Re: Name associations

Re: Name associations

Posted By: Paul A., on host 206.135.142.18
Date: Friday, July 13, 2001, at 08:30:23
In Reply To: Re: Name associations posted by Brunnen-G on Saturday, June 16, 2001, at 22:39:50:

> > What is the origin of the name "Tegan?" The only place I had ever heard that name
> > before now was on Doctor Who.
>
> It sounds like somebody just took an existing name (Megan) and changed one letter to make it
> cooler. Is this a name anybody really has, apart from the Doctor Who girl?

Yes. I know several Tegans, at least one of whom was named before the Doctor Who Tegan appeared on the scene.

It is an odd name, though.

Paul