indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Guanche
Meaning & History
Possibly from Thagaste, the name of a historic Roman-Berber city in present-day Algeria, presumably derived from a word meaning "humid" in Berber (*tegăsət in Guanche). It was borne by two menceyes (leaders) of the menceycato (kingdom) of the same name.