Scottish and northern English: nickname for a cheerful person, from
Old Norse teitr ‘cheerful’, ‘gay’. This surname is quite
distinct in origin from Tate.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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