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Tangee

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How to Pronounce Tangee

Pronounced TAN-jee /ˈtændʒi/Medium

Meaning: Tangee is a coined American name with no inherited etymology. It shares its spelling and sound with Tangee, a famous American lipstick brand launched in the 1920s and hugely popular for decades, and the name may echo that stylish association. As a coinage it reads simply as a bright, tangy-sounding invention rather than a name carrying a fixed historical meaning.Low

In 30 seconds: Tangee is a coined American name that shares its sound with the vintage Tangee lipstick brand, said TAN-jee.

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MeaningTangee is a coined American name with no inherited etymology. It shares its spelling and sound with Tangee, a famous American lipstick brand launched in the 1920s and hugely popular for decades, and the name may echo that stylish association. As a coinage it reads simply as a bright, tangy-sounding invention rather than a name carrying a fixed historical meaning.

U.S. rank (1994)#11657 ↘ Falling

1994 U.S. births7 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1976

Total births (all-time)≈ 358

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Tangee is an American coinage without a traditional root. Its most notable echo is the Tangee lipstick brand, a cosmetics staple from the 1920s onward, whose fame may have made the sound feel chic and familiar to parents.

As a given name Tangee was always rare, recorded for only a couple dozen girls a year at its high points and never widespread. A Tangee from mid-century would be a grandmother now, and the name keeps a zesty, distinctly American ring.

Did you know? Tangee was the name of a wildly popular early-twentieth-century American lipstick, which likely lent the coined name some of its glamour.

Overall data confidence 35%

References - Tangee — Coined; brand-echo of Tangee lipstick

Variations

TangieTangiTangy

Nicknames

TangGee

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Tangee mean?

It is a coined American name with no inherited meaning; it shares its sound with the vintage Tangee lipstick brand.

How do you pronounce Tangee?

It is said TAN-jee, two syllables with the stress on the first.

Is Tangee a boy or girl name?

Tangee is used as a girl's name.

Is Tangee a popular name?

No, Tangee was always rare, a coined name that saw only light use last century.