As described in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)


(Gaelic.) Pleasure, delight. Tate, learned. Tad, in Welsh, is a father, and Taid, a grandfather.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


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