Language(s) | Gaelic |
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Origin | |
Meaning | "son of the priest" |
Region of origin | Scotland |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | MacTaggart, McTaggart |
Taggart is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. It is a reduction of the surnames MacTaggart and McTaggart, which are anglicisations of the Gaelic Mac an t-Sagairt, meaning "son of the priest".[1] The name is sometimes written Teggart or Tegart or Tagart or Tagert.