Elements Starting with T

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ta 1 太 Japanese
Means "thick, big, great", from a Japanese kan'yoon reading of tài.
ta 2 田 Japanese
Means "field, rice paddy", from a Japanese kun reading of tián.
ta 3 多 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of duō.
ta 4 大 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of dà.
ta 5 English
Phonetic element /tɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position or, in African-American names, an unstressed initial position, as /tə/).
tà 拓 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "expand, open, support".
tāb تاب Persian
Persian word meaning "heat, glow, radiance".
tachibana 橘 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jú.
tadashi 1 正 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhèng.
tadashi 2 忠 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhōng.
tag Old High German
Old High German word meaning "day".
tagc Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "peace".
tähti Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "star".
tài 1 太 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "very, extreme".
tài 2 泰 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "peaceful".
tai 1 大 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of dà.
tai 2 Polynesian
Polynesian word meaning "sea".
tailleur Medieval French
Old French word meaning "tailor".
taimi Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "sapling".
tāj تاج Persian
Persian word meaning "crown".
tajiti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to hide, to conceal".
taka 1 貴 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of guì.
taka 2 孝 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of xiào.
taka 3 高 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of gāo.
takara 宝, 寶 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of bǎo.
takashi 1 孝 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of xiào.
takashi 2 隆 Japanese
Means "noble, prosperous", from a Japanese nanori reading of lóng.
takashi 3 崇 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of chóng.
takashi 4 尊 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zūn.
take 1 武 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of wǔ.
take 2 竹 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of zhú.
takeshi 1 武 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of wǔ.
takeshi 2 健 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jiàn.
taku 拓 Japanese
Japanese on reading of tà.
takumi 1 匠 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jiàng.
takumi 2 巧 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qiǎo.
ṭal טַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "dew".
tal 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "valley".
tal 2 Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Old Welsh and Breton word meaning "forehead, brow, front, extremity, end".
talitha ταλιθά Biblical Greek
Greek form of an Aramaic word meaning "little girl".
talvi Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "winter".
tam תָּם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "perfect, complete, upright".
tama 1 तम Sanskrit
Sanskrit affix meaning "best".
tama 2 Tahitian
Tahitian word meaning "child".
tamannā تمنّا Persian
Persian word meaning "wish, desire".
tamar תָּמָר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "date palm".
tamm Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word (unattested) meaning "dam".
tǎn 坦 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "flat, smooth, level".
tan تن Persian
Persian word meaning "body, skin".
táng 唐 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the Tang dynasty, which ruled in China from the 7th to 10th centuries.
tang Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "dawn".
tani 谷 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of gǔ.
tanu तनु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "slender".
táo 桃 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "peach".
tāo 涛, 濤 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "large waves".
tapana तपन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "warming, burning, heating".
tar Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "bald".
tārā तारा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "star".
taran Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "thunder".
tärmä Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "energy".
taruṇa तरुण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "young, fresh".
tatsu 1 達 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of dá.
tatsu 2 竜, 龍 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of lóng.
tatsu 3 辰 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chén.
tau Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "lion".
tauta Medieval Baltic
Lithuanian and Latvian word meaning "people, nation".
tay English
Phonetic element /teɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as tay, tae, te, te', and so on.
tāzīk تازیک Persian
Persian word meaning "Arab".
tea Polynesian
Polynesian word meaning "white".
teʾena תְּאֵנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "fig".
teg Welsh
Welsh word meaning "beautiful, handsome".
tejas तेजस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brilliance, splendour".
tele τῆλε Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "afar, far off".
telos τέλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "purpose, result, completion".
teman תֵּימָן Ancient Hebrew
Denominative form of yamin.
temür Medieval Turkic
Old Turkic word meaning "iron".
tene Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "fire".
téng 藤 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wisteria, creeper plant, rattan".
terasu 照 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of zhào.
terpo τέρπω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to satisfy, to cheer".
terpsis τέρψις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "enjoyment, delight".
tesla Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "adze".
tetsu 1 哲 Japanese
Means "philosophy" in Japanese, a kan'on reading of zhé.
tetsu 2 徹 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of chè.
thaba Nguni, Sotho, Bantu
Nguni and Sotho-Tswana word meaning "be happy, be delighted".
þæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roof, thatch".
thak Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "roof, thatch".
þaką Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "roof, cover".
thallo θάλλω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to blossom".
thamar ثمر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "fruit, profit".
thanatos θάνατος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "death".
thanda Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to love".
thanh 1 青 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of qīng.
thanh 2 聲 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of shēng.
þank Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".
thank Old Saxon, Old Dutch
Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".
þankaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".
thảo 草 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of cǎo.
thato Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "will, desire".
thea θεά Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "goddess".
themis θέμις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "law of nature, divine law, custom".
þeoda Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "people, tribe".
theos θεός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "god".
therao θηράω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to hunt".
þeudiskaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "of the people, of the tribe".
þeudō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "people, tribe".
thi 詩 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of shī.
thị 氏 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of shì.
thiad Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "people, tribe".
thina Nguni
Nguni word meaning "us".
thiod Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "people, tribe".
thip ทิพย์ Thai
Thai word meaning "divine", of Sanskrit origin.
þiuda 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "people, tribe".
thiudisc Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "of the people, of the tribe, German".
þjófr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "thief".
þorn Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "thorn".
þorp Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "village".
thorp Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "village".
þrop Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "village".
þruþi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "strength".
þrūþiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "strength".
þrúðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strength".
þryþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "strength".
thu 秋 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of qiū.
thuần 純 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of chún.
thula Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to be quiet, to be peaceful".
thulāthāʾ ثلاثاء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Tuesday", usually written with the definite article: الثلاثاء (al-thulāthāʾ).
þurnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "thorn".
þurpą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "village, gathering of people".
thùy 垂 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of chuí.
thymos θυμός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "soul, spirit".
þýðverskr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "German".
ti Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "belonging to".
tián 田 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "field".
tiān 天 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sky, heaven".
tiare Tahitian
Tahitian word meaning "flower".
tiên 仙 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of xiān.
tigerna Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "lord, ruler".
tigernos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "lord, ruler".
tigirn Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "king".
tigris τίγρις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "tiger".
tilek Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "wish".
timao τιμάω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to honour".
tind Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "point, tine".
tíng 1 廷 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "courtyard".
tíng 2 婷 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pretty, graceful".
tiro Late Roman
Vulgar Latin word meaning "to pull".
tīrtha तीर्थ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sacred water, place of pilgrimage".
tisis τίσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "vengeance".
tithemi τίθημι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to set, to place".
títí Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "forever, long time".
tiuf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "deep".
tixŭ тихъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "quiet".
tlālli Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "earth, land, soil".
tlao τλάω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to endure, to suffer".
to 1 斗 Japanese
Japanese on reading of dǒu.
to 2 翔 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of xiáng.
to 3 人 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of rén.
to 4 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "sufficient".
tò Igbo
Igbo word meaning "praise, glorify".
tō 1 藤 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of téng.
tō 2 東 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of dōng.
toa Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian word meaning "warrior".
todde Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "fox".
tog Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "to rise, to be born".
togan Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "hawk, falcon".
toivodak Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "to hope".
toln Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "toll, fee, tax".
tomi 富 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of fù.
tomiti томити Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to torment".
tomo 1 智 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhì.
tomo 2 朋 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of péng.
tömör төмөр Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "iron".
ton English
Phonetic element /tʌn/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position, as /tən/ or /ʔən/).
tóng 瞳 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pupil of the eye".
tonsus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "shaved".
topt Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "homestead".
toq тоқ Kazakh
Kazakh word meaning "full, well-fed, prosperous".
toranos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "thunder".
tori 鳥 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of niǎo.
tornare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "turn".
tornus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "lathe" (of Greek origin).
tōru 1 徹 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chè.
tōru 2 亨 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of hēng.
toshi 1 敏 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of mǐn.
toshi 2 俊 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jùn.
toshi 3 利 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of lì.
toshi 4 淑 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of shū.
tót Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "Slovak" or "Slovene".
toutā Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "people, tribe".
ṭov טוֹב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "good".
toyo 豊, 豐 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of fēng.
trajati траꙗти Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to last, to endure".
trần 陳 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of chén.
trang 妝 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of zhuāng.
transversare Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "to cross".
tre English
Phonetic element /tɹeɪ/ in English names (typically African American, sometimes unstressed in the initial position, as /tɹə/). It can be realized in spelling as tre or tray.
tref Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "village, settlement".
tremble French
French word meaning "aspen".
treo τρέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to fear, to flee".
treowe Medieval English
Old English word meaning "true".
trí 智 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of zhì.
trinh 貞 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of zhēn.
tropos τρόπος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "direction, manner, fashion".
trúc 竹 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of zhú.
tryphe τρυφή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "softness, delicacy".
tsa ცა Georgian
Georgian word meaning "sky, heaven".
tsafan צָפַן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to hide, to treasure".
tsaḥaq צָחַק Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to laugh, to play".
tseḏeq צֶדֶק Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "justice, righteousness".
tsetseg цэцэг Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "flower".
tsevi ץְבִי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "gazelle, roebuck".
tshepo Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "hope".
tsu 鶴 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of hè.
tsubaki 椿 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chūn.
tsubame 燕 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yàn.
tsubasa 翼 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yì.
tsukasa 司 Japanese
Means "director, boss", a Japanese kun reading of sī.
tsuki 月 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yuè.
tsuku 月 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yuè.
tsukuda 佃 Japanese
Means "cultivated rice field", a Japanese kun reading of diàn.
tsumi 摘 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhāi.
tsune 恒, 恆 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of héng.
tsuno 角 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jiǎo.
tsur צוּר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "rock, cliff".
tsuru 鶴 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of hè.
tsuyo 剛 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of gāng.
tsuyoshi 剛 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of gāng.
Tswana Tswana
Tswana word referring to the Tswana people. It might be related to tswa "to go out" or tshwana "to resemble".
ʿṯtr Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root of uncertain meaning, perhaps meaning "evening star".
tú 1 图, 圖 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "chart, map".
tú 2 秀 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of xiù.
tuân 遵 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of zūn.
túath Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "people, country".
tuba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dove".
tufa Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "helmet crest".
tuğrul Turkish
Turkish word meaning "turul bird".
tuile Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "flooding, abundance".
tŭkati тъкати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to weave".
tukultu 𒆪 Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "trust, faith, hope".
tule Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "wind".
tulga тулга Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "cooking stand".
tulugaq ᑐᓗᒐᖅ Inuit
Inuit word meaning "raven".
tumelo Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "faith".
tún Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "again".
tun Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
tunc Medieval Turkic
Old Turkish word meaning "bronze", of Chinese origin.
turris Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tower" (of Greek origin).
türük Medieval Turkic
Old Turkic word meaning "Turk".
tuṣāra तुषार Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "cold, frost, snow".
tut Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "people, country".
tuyaa туяа Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "ray, beam".
tuyến 線 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of xiàn.
tuyết 雪 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of xuě.
twt 𓏏𓅱𓏏 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "image, picture, likeness".
ty English
Phonetic element /taɪ/ in English names.
tyche τύχη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "chance, luck, fortune".
tzin Aztec
Nahuatl affix meaning "beloved, revered".