Submitted Names Starting with T

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Tamlin m Literature
Diminutive of Tam 1. Tam Lin was the subject of an Anglo-Scottish border ballad (first recorded in 'The Complaynt of Scotland', 1549), a man abducted by the Queen of the Fairies and rescued at long last by his true love.
Tamlyn f English
Transferred use of the surname Tamlyn.
Tammanoon m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ธรรมนูญ (see Thammanun).
Tammara f Neapolitan (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Thancmar via the Latinization Tammarus.
Tammas m Scots
Scots form of Thomas.
Tamme m Jèrriais
Variant of Tanme.
Tamment f Berber
Berber feminine name meaning "honey".
Tammenterho m & f Finnish (Rare)
Means "acorn" in Finnish.
Tammeron f & m English
Variant of Tameron.
Tammes m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Tammo, used in the 17th century.
Tammi m & f Finnish
Means "oak (tree)" in Finnish.
Tammye f English
Alternative spelling of Tammy.
Tamnganba m Manipuri
Means "he who lights up the valleys" in Meitei.
Tamningthou m Manipuri
Means "he who rules the valleys" in Meitei.
Tamo f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Tamon m Japanese
This name can be used as 多門, 多聞, 太門, 汰門 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick", 汰 (ta, tai, ogo.ru, nigo.ru, yona.geru) meaning "luxury, select", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [more]
Tamonante f Guanche
From Guanche *tamannant, meaning "woman who knows to read" (literally "she who spells"). Tamonante was the daughter of Tibiabin, a priestess.
Tamong m Chamorro
Means "huge, large" in Chamorro.
Tamora f Theatre
This name was used by Shakespeare for the evil queen of the Goths in his tragedy Titus Andronicus (1593). Shakespeare's source for the play is unknown, but he may have based the name on Tomyris... [more]
Tamos m Ancient Egyptian
Etymology unknown. This was the name of an Egyptian mercenary admiral from Memphis who was hired by Cyrus the Younger during the 4th century BC.
Tamotsu m Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 保 (tamotsu) meaning "protection" or 維 (tamotsu) meaning "keep; mantain" as well as the combination of two or more characters for example 太 (ta) meaning "big; great" combined with 持 (motsu) meaning "hold; have"... [more]
Tampha m Manipuri
Means "jewel" in Meitei.
Tamphasanna m & f Manipuri
Derived from the Meitei tampha meaning "jewel" and sana meaning "gold, precious".
Tamphilus m Late Roman
A Roman cognomen possibly from Ancient Greek ταμίας (tamíās) "steward, dispenser", from τέμνω (témnō) "to cut, hew", combined with φίλος (philos) "friend, lover"... [more]
Tampro f Coptic
Means "doorkeeper".
Tamr m Arabic
Variant of Tamar.
Tamre m Amharic
Means "my miracle" in Amharic.
Tamrika f Sanskrit
Coppery
Tamriko f Georgian
Diminutive of Tamar.
Tamrin m Arabic (Rare), Indonesian, Malay
Means "practice, habituation, accustoming" in Arabic, from the root مَرَّنَ (marrana) meaning "to practise, to exercise".
Tamro f Georgian
Short form of Tamar and perhaps also of its diminutive Tamriko.
Tamron f African American (Americanized, Modern)
Tamron is a Japanese manufacturer of photographic lenses and optical components for cameras.
Tamrong m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thamrong.
Tamsey f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Tamsin as well as a short form of Thomasina.
Tamsïgöl f Bashkir
From Bashkir тамсы (tamsï) meaning "drip, drop" and гөл (göl ) meaning "flower".
Tamsy f English
Variant of Tamsyn.
Tamta f Georgian
Derived from Persian tahamta or thamtha meaning "strong, brave", itself ultimately from Pahlavi تهم‎ (tahm) or (taham) meaning "brave". Also compare Avestan takhma meaning "strong, brave, valiant" (see Tahmina).
Tamu f Swahili
Means "sweet" in Swahili.
Tamu f Greenlandic
Younger form of Tamo.
Tamuda m Shona
Means "we love him" in Shona.
Tamuna f Georgian
This name is often a pet form of Tamar, but it can also be a name in its own right. In that case, it is derived from Arabic تأمين (ta'min) meaning "insurance", which itself is ultimately derived from Arabic أمن (amn) meaning "security, peace"... [more]
Tamuno-imim m Ijaw
Means "there is God" in Ijaw.
Tamunonemi m Nigerian
Means "wisdom of God" in Kalabari, spoken in Nigeria.
Tamunotonye m & f Western African, Ijaw
Means "God's will" or "God's favour" in Ijaw.
Tamur m Estonian
Variant of Tammo.
Tamusia f Belarusian, Georgian (Rare)
Belarusian and Georgian form of Tamusya.
Tamusya f Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian diminutive of Tamara.
Tamuz m & f Hebrew (Rare)
Possibly means "hot, warm" in Hebrew. This is the tenth month in the jewish calendar.
Tamya f African American (Modern)
An invented name, combining the phonetic elements ta, my and ya, and based on the sounds of names such as Tamia and Amaya... [more]
Tamyasisa f Quechua
Means "rain flower" in Quechua, from tamya, "rain" and sisa, "flower".
Tamyka f English
Variant of Tamika.
Tân m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 新 (tân) meaning "new".
Tấn m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 晉 (tấn) meaning "advance, increase, promote".
Tan m Vietnamese
Variant transcription of 新 (see Tân).
Tan m Turkish
Turkish
Tan m Japanese
From Japanese 坦 (tan) meaning "flat, smooth", 旦 (tan) meaning "morning, dawn", 淡 (tan) meaning "pale", 潭 (tan) meaning "deep pool, lake" or 澹 (tan) meaning "quiet; tranquil" or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.
Tan m Thai
Means "resist, withstand" in Thai.
Tana f East Frisian (Rare)
Feminine form of Tanne.
Tana f English (American)
Possibly a variant of Tanya. This name was popularized by a character in the 1942 movie The Forest Rangers.
Tana m Indonesian
Means "land" in Toraja, spoken in Indonesia.
Tana f Chuukese
Means "dream" in Chuukese.
Tana f & m Malagasy
Means "chameleon" in Malagasy. (See Kamara and its variant, Kamora.
Tana f Spanish (Canarian, Rare), Catalan
Variant of Tania, diminutive of Cayetana, and a form of Tanit.
Tana m Karachay-Balkar
Means "calf" or "darling, sweetheart" in Karachay- Balkar.
Tanabata m & f Japanese (Japanized, Modern)
Tanabata is the name of many japanese people & a festival.
Tanabos m Arthurian Cycle, Literature
A necromancer who lived in Britain some time between the time of Joseph of Arimathea and Uther Pendragon. He was hailed as the greatest magician ever to reside on the island, save Merlin.... [more]
Tanagra f Greek Mythology
The name of a daughter of Asopos and a naiad of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Tanagra in Boioti. Her name is taken from that place.
Tanaka m & f Shona
Means "we are good, we are blessed" in Shona.
Tanakiswa m & f Shona
Means "we have been blessed" in Shona.
Tanako m & f Japanese
Means "shelf, rack, stand" in Japanese.
Tanamara f & m Cherokee
Cherokee meaning "lonely wind".
Tanamart f Berber
Means "happy" in Berber.
Tanamasoandro m & f Malagasy
Means "rays of the sun" in Malagasy.
Tanami f English (Australian, Rare)
Transferred use of the name of the Tanami Desert, a desert in northern Australia, situated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The name itself is an Anglicized form of Warlpiri Chanamee "never die", referring to certain rock holes in the desert which were said never to run dry.
Tanan f & m Mongolian
Means "pearlaceous, pearly" in Mongolian, derived from тана (tana) meaning "mother-of-pearl, nacre".
Tanandra f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Tanandra was apparently invented and has no meaning. It may be a junction names such as Tanya + Sandra, or a composition from the parent's name, for example, Tancred + Leandra. It can be inspired by other names with Andra, as Cassandra for example... [more]
Tanaphop m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ธนภพ (see Thanaphop).
Tanapob m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ธนภพ (see Thanaphop).
Tanapop m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ธนภพ (see Thanaphop).
Tanaquil f Etruscan (Latinized), Ancient Roman
Latinized form of the Etruscan name Thanchvil which meant "gift of Thana 1", composed of the name of the goddess Thana and cvil meaning "gift"... [more]
Tanaquill f Literature
Variant of Tanaquil used in Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590), where it belongs to a daughter of Oberon who becomes the fairy queen Gloriana.
Tanaruz f Berber, African
Feminine form of Anaruz.
Tănase m Romanian
Diminutive of Atanasie
Tanasha f African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements ta, nay and sha in a similar vein to Tanisha.
Tanasia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of ta, nay and Asia 1, similarly to Anasia.
Tanasio m Asturian (Rare)
Truncated form of Atanasio.
Tanat m Kazakh
From Kazakh таң (tan) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and ат (at) meaning "horse".
Tanat m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thanat.
Tanatar m Kazakh
Means "born before dawn", derived from Kazakh таң (tañ) "dawn, daybreak".
Tanatswa m & f Shona
Means "we have been perfected" in Shona.
Tanausis m Gothic
Tanausis was a legendary king of the Goths, according to Jordanes's Getica (5.47). The 19th-century scholar Alfred von Gutschmid assigned his reign to 1323 BC - 1290 BC. According to the Getica, he was the Gothic king who halted the advance of the Egyptian armies of the Egyptian king Sesostris (whom Jordanes calls Vesosis)... [more]
Tanausú m Spanish (Canarian), Guanche
Name of a Guanche ruler from the island of La Palma, known for his fierce resistance against the Castillians during the conquest of the Canary Islands in the 15th century. This name had a revival in the 1980's.
Tənay f Azerbaijani
Means "steady moon, even moon" in Azerbaijani.
Tanay m Sanskrit
Sanskrit name meaning son or belonging to one's family.
Tanaya f Indian, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit tanaya (तनया ) "daughter" or "belonging to one's family; this child of mine".
Tanaydin m & f Turkish
Derived from the Turkish tan meaning "dawn, daybreak" and aydın meaning "intellectual".
Tanazârt f Berber
Means "defiant, daring" in Tamazight.
Tanaze m Gallo
Gallo short form of Atanase.
Tanázia f Hungarian
Truncated form of Atanázia.
Tañbikä f Bashkir
From Bashkir таң (tañ) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and feminine name element бикә (bikä).
Tanbir m Bengali
Bengali transcription of Tanwir.
Tanc m English (Rare)
Short form of Tancred.
Tanca f History (Ecclesiastical)
English, Portuguese, Catalan and Spanish form of Tanche.
Tanche f History (Ecclesiastical)
Saint Tanche is a local Christian saint from Troyes, France. She was killed while defending her virginity when attacked by a servant. She is considered to be a martyr. Her cultus dates from the early 7th century and her feast day is celebrated October 10.
Tanchum m Hebrew
Means "consolation" in Hebrew. The name is used in the Talmud for a great sage who lived in Babylon.
Tancorix f Old Celtic (Latinized)
Derived from Proto-Celtic *tanko- "peace" and rix "king".
Tancreduccio m Medieval Italian
Medieval Italian diminutive of Tancredi, as -uccio is an Italian masculine diminutive suffix.
Tandareis m Arthurian Cycle
Hero of Der Pleier’s "Tandareis and Flordibel".
Tandava f Hinduism
The "Dance of Shiva" in the Hindu religion.
Tandeko m Zulu
Always lovable. From Bantu root tande
Tandila m Georgian (Rare)
Either a diminutive or a short form of Avtandil.
Tandin m & f Bhutanese
Bhutanese form of Damdrin.
Tandoğan m Turkish
Means "born at dawn" in Turkish.
Tandokazi f African
Originate from Xhosa, Bantu.
Tandor m Uzbek
Means "in good health" in Uzbek.
Tandra f Malagasy
Means "mole, beauty mark", inferring that the girl is beautiful.
Tandy f & m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Tandy.
Tandzile f Swazi
Means "a female addition to the family" in Swazi.
Tâne m Greenlandic
Short form of Tâniale.
Tane m & f West Frisian (Rare), East Frisian (Rare)
Frisian short form of names that contain the Germanic element thanc, such as Dankmar.
Tane m Finnish
Probably a short form of Taneli.
Tane f Japanese
Means "seed" in Japanese.
Tané f Literature
Tané is the name of one of the point of view characters in Samantha Shannon's novel 'The Priory of the Orange Tree'.... [more]
Tanea f Moldovan
Moldovan form of Tanya.
Tanea f East Frisian
19th-century elaboration of Tana.
Tanebdatt f Berber
Means "support" in Tamazight.
Tanee f English (Rare)
Diminutive of various names starting with Tan-, such as Tanya and Tanisha.
Tanegui m Lengadocian, Gascon
Languedocian and Gascon form of Tanguy.
Ta-Nehisi m Obscure
From Ancient Egyptian tꜣ-nḥsj meaning "Nubian Land", itself from the Egyptian roots tꜣ ("land") and nḥsj ("Nubian"). This is the name of American journalist and activist Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Tanek m Polish
Diminutive form of Atanazy.
Tanelankemats f Ainu
Meaning "Woman who plants Seeds" in Ainu.
Tanga f Uzbek
Means "(silver) coin" in Uzbek.
Tanganutura f Indigenous Tasmanian
means "to weep bitterly" in Palawa. This was the name of the mother of Fanny Cochrane Smith (1834-1905), who was the last fluent speaker of a Tasmanian language.
Tangela f African American
Combination of the phonetic element ta with the name Angela.
Tangeni m & f Southern African
loose translation "praise god"
Tanger m Low German
Low German form of Dankmar via its variant form Dankert.
Tangerine f Popular Culture
Presumably from the English word, which refers to a red or orange colored citrus fruit. Mentioned as a name in the songs 'Tangerine' by Led Zeppelin and 'Tangerine' by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
Tanginika f American (Rare)
Not available
Tangjun f Chinese
From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 珺 (jùn) meaning "beautiful jade".
Tangli f Chinese
From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" or 丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful".
Tangman m Garo
From the Garo word তঙ্ (tang) meaning "living" and মঁ (man) meaning "person".
Tangmei f Chinese
From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 梅 (méi) meaning "plums".
Tangna f Chinese
From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate".
Tangniu f Chinese
From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plum" and 妞 (niū) meaning "girl".
Tango f & m English
Vocabulary name referring to a South American dance style that utilises an embracing hold. Its name may come from the Latin tangere, meaning "touch".... [more]
Tañgöl f Bashkir
From Bashkir таң (tañ) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and гөл (göl ) meaning "flower".
Tangqiong f Chinese
From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 琼 (qióng) meaning "jade, rare, precious".
Tangri m Uzbek
Means "celestial spirit" in Uzbek.
Tangriberdi m Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek tangri meaning "celestial spirit" and berdi meaning "gave".
Tangu f & m Tumbuka
Means "first", usually given to the firstborn of twins.
Tanguistl f Medieval Cornish
Cornish cognate of Tangwystl.
Tangül f Turkish
Means "dawn rose" in Turkish.
Tangwen f Welsh
Derived from Welsh tanc "peace" combined with gwen "white, fair, blessed". It occurs briefly in 'Culhwch and Olwen' belonging to a lady at King Arthur's court, the daughter of Gweir Servitor of Birds.
Tangxing f Chinese
From Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" combined with 星 (xīng) meaning "star, planet". Other characters are possible.
Tangxuan f Chinese
From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade, star".
Tanhiliw f Bashkir
Cognate of Tansilu derived from Bashkir таң (tañ) "dawn, daybreak" combined with һылыу (hïlïw) "beautiful".
Tanho m Uzbek
Means "solitary, lone" in Uzbek.
Tani m Estonian
Short form of Tanel, rarely used as a given name in its own right.
Tani m Romansh
Short form of Cristian, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
Tanía f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Tania.
Tania f Japanese
From Japanese 渓 (tani) meaning "mountain stream, creek" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
Tania f Greek
Diminutive of Soultana.
Tâniale m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Daniel.
Tanie f Japanese (Rare)
From 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 栄 (e) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Taniela m Fijian, Tongan
Fijian and Tongan form of Daniel.
Tanieli f Tongan
Tongan feminine form of Taniela.
Tanielle m Sardinian
Nuorese form of Daniel.
Taniera m & f Maori
Maori form of Daniel or Daniela.
Tanija f Slovene
Variant of Tanja.
Taniko f Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Tanima f Pashto
Means "wave (of the sea)" in Pashto.
Tanimara f Dutch (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Some sources claim this name means "lonely north wind" in Comanche, though no evidence supporting this meaning can be found. The name appears most common in Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch speaking nations, which further suggests the name is not of Comanche origin... [more]
Tanio m Asturian (Archaic)
Masculine form of Tania.
Tanios m Arabic (Mashriqi)
This is a version of Anthony, referring to St. Anthony, used as a given name among the Maronite Christians of Lebanon.
Tanip m Odia
Means "sun" in Odia.
Tanis f Khakas
Variant Khakas form of Taisiya.
Tanish m Indian, Hinduism
Masculine form of Tanisha.
Tanisha f Indian, Hinduism
Meaning "Ambition".
Tanishq m Hinduism, Hindi
The meaning of Tanishq means diamond.
Tanisius m Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish teno- "heat; fire".
Tanitani f Quechua
From the word tani-tani, the name of an Andine flower: the plant species Gentianella primuloides.
Tanius m German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German short form of Antonius.
Taniusha f Russian
Alternate transcription of Tanyusha, diminutive of Tatiana or Tatyana, (see Tanya).
Taniushka f Russian
Alternate transcription of Tanyushka, diminutive of Tatiana or Tatyana (see Tanyusha, Tanya).
Taniuska f Spanish (Caribbean), Central American
Form of Tanyushka (compare Katiuska). It is mostly used in Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Tåniya f Indigenous American
Means "breath of life" in Pomo, spoken in Northern California.
Tanjef m German (Modern, Rare)
A spelling variant of Tanjev.
Tanjeff m German (Modern, Rare)
A spelling variant of Tanjev.
Tanjev m German (Modern, Rare)
Despite its Russian sound, the name originated in Germany in the 1970's. According to the journalist Tanjev Schultz his parents have heard the name in an unidentified Russian film.... [more]
Tanji f Arabic
Tanji is a reference to the sleek, fast coursing hounds of Arabia and Persia.
Tanjil f & m English (Australian, Rare)
A clan name of the historic indigenous inhabitants of the area (Gippsland, Victoria, Australia), subsequently given to several natural features (rivers, mountains) and towns in the region.
Tanjirou m Japanese
The name of the main protagonist of the popular manga "Kimetsu no Yaiba," Kamado Tanjirou. His name translates as coal/charcoal + rule + son.
Tanjona m Malagasy
Means "goal" in Malagasy.
Tank m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism
Name: Tank टङ्क ... [more]
Täñkäbikä f Bashkir
From Bashkir тәңкә (täñkä) meaning "ruble, silver coin (arc.)" or "fish scale", also the name of metal pieces of decoration sewn on women's traditional clothes or interwoven into hair, and feminine name element бикә (bikä).
Tankagin f Armenian (Rare)
From Armenian թանկագին (t'ankagin) meaning "dear, precious".
Tankan m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism
Name : Tankan टङ्कण / टंकण... [more]
Tankatik m Hinduism
Name - Tankatik टड़्कटीक, टंकटीक, टङ्कटीक... [more]
Tanke m Low German, Frisian
Low German and Frisian pet form of Tanne.
Tankika f Sanskrit, Hindi, Hinduism, Indian
MEANING - chisel ... [more]
Tankka f Chuvash
Chuvash variant of Tatiana.
Tanko m Hausa
Name given to a boy born after many girls.
Tankosava f Serbian
Feminine form of Tankosav.
Tankréd m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Tancred.
Tankun f & m Japanese
dagger
Tanmanjeet m Indian (Sikh, Rare), Punjabi (Rare)
Possibly from Persian تن (tan) "body" combined with Sanskrit मनस् (manas) "mind" and जिति (jiti) "victory, conquering" (compare Manjeet)... [more]
Tanmay m Indian, Bengali, Hindi
Modern form of Tanmaya.