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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 JapaneseThe name of the main protagonist of the popular manga "Kimetsu no Yaiba," Kamado Tanjirou. His name translates as coal/charcoal + rule + son.
Täñkäbikä f BashkirFrom 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). Tanko m HausaName given to a boy born after many girls.
Tanmeet m & f PunjabiA Sikh name meaning “strong” or “loyal” in Punjabi.
Tanna f & m MelanesianTanna is the name of an island of the Republic of Vanuatu, an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean.
Tannakin f Folklore, LiteratureTannakin Skinker is a pig-faced woman in A Certaine Relation of the Hog-faced Gentlewoman called Mistris Tannakin Skinker, a 1640 chapbook.
Tannis f English (Rare)Variant of
Tanis. This was used by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery in her short story 'Tannis of the Flats' (1920), where it belongs to a Métis girl of Cree descent... [
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Tannoz f UzbekMeans "coquettish, beautiful, graceful" in Uzbek.
Tanomu m JapaneseFrom Japanese 頼 (
tanomu) meaning "request, rely" or other kanji or kanji combinations pronounced in the same way.
Tanoute f & m Coptic (Sahidic)Means "the goddess" in Coptic. The name ultimately derives from the Egyptian feminine prefix (or article/pronoun)
ta combined with Egyptian
nuti "God". Also, please note that I am uncertain for which gender this name is used, so I listed both genders.
Tanovar f UzbekUzbek feminine name derived from the name of a classical Uzbek folk dance melody.
Tanpopo f Japanese (Modern, Rare)From 蒲公英
(tanpopo), referring to the dandelion, likely to have originated from a contraction of 田菜
(tana), the old name for the flowering plant, with the addition of 頬
(hoho) meaning "cheek," from the flowering plant's resemblance to a cheek of a face.... [
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Tañqız f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balkar
танг (tañ) meaning "dawn" and
къыз (qız) meaning "girl".
Tanrıverdi m AzerbaijaniMeans "god-given" in Azerbaijani, from
tanrı meaning "god" and
verdi meaning "gave".
Tansen m IndianName of Mian Tansen, father of Indian classical music.
Tansholpan f KazakhFrom Kazakh таң
(tan) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and Шолпан
(Sholpan) meaning "Venus (the planet)".
Tansilu f TatarFrom Tatar сылу
(sılu) meaning "beautiful" combined with таң
(tañ) "dawn, daybreak".
Tansiqa f UzbekDerived from
tansiq meaning "rare" or "cherished, well-loved".
Tansu m & f TurkishFrom Medieval Turkic
tang meaning "dawn, daybreak" and
su meaning "water".
Tañsulpan f BashkirFrom Bashkir
таң (tañ) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and
cулпан (sulpan) meaning "Venus".
Tanta f Literatureused by J.R.R. Tolkien for the Hobbit Tanta Hornblower, the great-grandmother of Frodo Baggins.
Tanta f Inca"Beautiful beyond exaggeration," is how one Spanish chronicler described Tanta Carhua. Carhua was a ten-year old Inca child whose father offered her to the Inca Emperor as a Capacocha sacrifice. The honour of sacrifice was bestowed not only on the family, but was forever immortalized in the child... [
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Tantalis f Arthurian Cycle, LiteratureEmpress of Greece and Constantinople, wife of Alexander, emperor of Constantinople. She was the mother of Alexander and Alis, and grandmother of Cligés.... [
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Tantalos m Ancient Greek, Greek MythologyPossibly derived from Ancient Greek
ταλάντατος (
talántatos) "one who has to bear much", itself derived from
τάλας (
tálas) "wretched, miserable".
Tantalus m Greek MythologyIn Greek mythology he was a hero, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink... [
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Tantamani m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
tnwt-jmn, of Kushite origin. This was the name of one of the rulers of Kush and the last pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty.
Tanto m JavaneseFrom Javanese
tanta meaning "big, large, more, a lot".
Tantor m LiteratureTantor is a generic name for elephants in Mangani, the fictional language of the great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Tanuja f Hinduismriver yamuna in india,hindu mythalogy-sisiter of yam.
Tanur m & f LazMeans “morning star” in Laz.
Tanwen f WelshMeans "white fire" from Welsh
tan "fire" (compare
Tanguy) combined with
gwen "white, fair, blessed". This is a modern Welsh name, first used in the 1960s.
Tanwyn m WelshMeans "white fire", derived from Welsh
tân "fire" and
gwyn "white, fair, blessed".
Tanyaradzwa f ShonaMeans "we have been consoled", "we have found comfort" in Shona, often bestowed upon a girl born after a tragedy or difficulty, she being the source of consolation or comfort; the implied meaning is "blessing, godsend".
Tanyo m BulgarianContracted form of other Bulgarian masculine names such as: Stoyan, Atanas, Stanislav, Tsvetan and so on, or the feminine Tanya. ... [
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Tanyth f English (African)The name Tanyth means the worker of god/word of god. With this name comes a pure heart and a desire to do good.
Tanyue f ChineseFrom the Chinese
潭 (tán) meaning "deep pool, deep, profound" and
月 (yuè) meaning "moon".
Tañzifa f BashkirFrom Bashkir
таң (tañ) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and
зифа (zifa) meaning "beautiful, elegant".
Tanzil m & f Arabic, BengaliMeans "revelation, inspiration, sending down" in Arabic, from the root نزل
(nazzala) meaning "to send down, to reveal".
Tạo m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 造
(tạo) meaning "make, build, create".
Tao m Ancient EgyptianThis was name of two Egyptian pharaons:
Seqenenre Tao I and his son Seqenenre Tao II, both rulers of the Seventieth Dinasty of Egypt (1580-1550 BC).
Tao f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 多 (ta) meaning "many, much", 汰 (ta) meaning "washing, sieving, filtering, weeding out, luxury", 陶 (tao) meaning "pottery, porcelain", 道 (tao) meaning "road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings" or 夕 (ta) meaning "evening" combined with 緒 (o) meaning "thread" or 生 (o) meaning "raw, live"... [
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Taofang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
芳 (fāng) meaning "fragrant, virtuous".
Taofen f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
芬 (fēn) meaning "fragrance, aroma, perfume".
Taohong f ChineseFrom the
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
红 (hóng) meaning "red, vermilion".
Taohua f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 桃 (táo) meaning "peach" combined with 花 (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" (which is usually only feminine) or 华/華 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, Chinese". Other Chinese characters can form this name as well.
Taohuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach" and
焕 (huàn) meaning "shining".
Taohui f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach" and
慧 (huì) meaning "bright, intelligent".
Taojie f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
洁 (jié) meaning "clean, pure, purify".
Taoling f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade".
Taomei f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
美 (měi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" or
妹 (mèi) meaning "younger sister".
Taoning f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
宁 (níng) meaning "calm, peaceful, tranquil".
Taoping f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach" and
平 (píng) meaning "calm, even, peaceful".
Táotáo f ChineseFrom Chinese; contains 桃 (táo), meaning "peach" two times.
Taowan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peace, marriage" and
晚 (wǎn) meaning "night, evening".
Táoxia f ChineseFrom Chinese 桃 (táo) meaning "peach" combined with 霞 (xiá) meaning "mist, haze, rosy clouds" or 夏 (xià) meaning "summer". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Taoxiang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach" and
香 (xiāng) meaning "fragrant, sweet smelling, incense".
Taoxiu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
秀 (xiù) meaning "beautiful, elegant, excellent, refined".
Tao-yi f TaiwaneseThe name Tao-yi has several meanings: 道宜, meaning “suitable and proper way,” 道怡, meaning “joyful and harmonious way,” 道儀 meaning “ceremonious way,” 道毅, meaning “resolute and decisive way,” 道義, meaning “righteous way,” 道益, meaning “way of benefit and profit,” 道伊, meaning “his or her way.”
Taoyu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach" and
妤 (yú) meaning "beautiful, fair".
Taozhi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
枝 (zhī) meaning "branches".
Tapa f & m OjibweMeans "water antelope" in Ojibwe.
Tapas m Bengali, OdiaFrom Sanskrit तपस्
(tapas) meaning "austerity, asceticism, meditation".
Tapayaxi m & f NahuatlMeans "toad" in Nahuatl. Alternately, could derive from
tapayaxin "chameleon, salamander".
Taphaph f BiblicalMeaning unknown. She is the daughter of Solomon, mentioned in 1 Kings 4:11.
Tapiam f CopticFrom Demotic
tꜣ-pꜣ-ym meaning "the one of the sea", derived from Egyptian
ym "sea, lake".
Tapiotar f Finnish MythologyIn Finnish mythology Tapiotar, queen of forest, was the female version of
Tapio. The name Tapiotar was formed of simply adding
tar, a Finnish feminine suffix, behind
Tapio.
Tapley m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Tapley, which was derived from the name of Tapeley, a place in Devon, England; according to the toponymist Eilert Ekwall, the place name means "wood where pegs are obtained" from Old English
tæppa "peg" and
leah "wood, clearing".
Täpp f SwedishOld Swedish name meaning "part of a field or meadow". It is more often used as a prefix name rather than a standalone first name. It is also a common farm name in Dalarna.
Tappei m JapaneseA notable bearer is Tappei Nagatsuki, the author of the popular Re:Zero series.
Tapputi f BabylonianTapputi, or Tapputi-Butt, is the earliest known chemist. She distilled and mixed perfumes and was overseer of the royal palacein Babylonian Mesopotamia ca. 1200 BCE.
Tapshay f Coptic, Egyptian MythologyUltimately from Egyptian
ta-pȝ-šȝy meaning "she of Shai", in Coptic derived from the possessive feminine article ⲧⲁ-
(ta-) combined with the name of the god
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Tapu f MaoriMeans "sacred" and "forbidden" in Māori.
Taqadum m & f ArabicMeans "preeminence" or "advance, progress" in Arabic.
Taqi al-Din m ArabicMeans "pious of the religion" from
تقي (
taqi) meaning "devout, pious" and
دين (
dīn) meaning "religion"
Tár m Old NorseFrom Old Norse
*táR meaning "tough, resistant, enduring".
Tara f SerbianFrom the name of a river and mountain Таra in Serbia and Montenegro. In this countries it is traditional name.
Tara f JapaneseFrom Japanese 多 (
ta) meaning "many, much" combined with 蘭 (
ra) meaning "orchid". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.... [
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Tara f Spanish (Canarian)From the name of a pre-Hispanic village located in Telde, Gran Canaria, where a small terracotta figure was allegedly found. The name of the village could derive from Guanche
*tarha(h) meaning "script", Tarifit ⵜⴰⵔⴰ
(tara) meaning "spring, fountain" or Amazigh
tara meaning "love".
Tara f & m MaoriMeans "peak, point" in Māori. Also Māori for "sternidae".
Taraina f TahitianTahitian name, composed by "tara", meaning "star" or "light" and "aina", meaning "earth". Hence the meaning is "star on earth" or "light on earth".
Taraji f African AmericanMeans "hope" in Swahili. It is a verb, not a noun, and means "to hope, to wish for". It is not used as a name in Africa but was part of the Afrocentric African American naming culture of the 70s that borrowed from various African words.
Taraka f Sanskrit, Indian" Star; pupil of eye; meteor; asterisk; rescuing; protector; Name of wife of lord Brihaspati "
Taral f & m IndianMeaning
Honey bee or
liquid; famous bearer of this name is Taral Hicks.
Tar-Amandil m LiteratureThis name is from a character by J. R. R. Tolkien, present in the book The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth (2022) edited by Brian Sibley. Tar-Amandil is the third king of Númenor, from the line of Blessed Eärendel... [
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Taran m Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Kannada, Punjabi, BengaliMEANING - a raft, a boat, final landing place ( heaven), overcoming ( as of misfortune ), crossing over ... [
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Tarana f HausaGiven for females who are born during the day.
Tarandeep m & f Indian (Sikh)From Sanskrit तरण
(taraṇa) meaning "crossing over, passing, overcoming" combined with दीप
(dīpa) meaning "lamp, light".
Taranjeet m & f Indian (Sikh)From Sanskrit तरण
(taraṇa) meaning "crossing over, passing, overcoming" and जिति
(jiti) meaning "victory, conquering".
Taranjot m & f Indian (Sikh)From Sanskrit तरण
(taraṇa) meaning "crossing over, passing, overcoming" combined with ज्योतिस्
(jyotis) meaning "light, brightness".
Taranpreet m & f Indian (Sikh)From Sanskrit तरण
(taraṇa) meaning "crossing over, passing, overcoming" combined with प्रीति
(prīti) meaning "pleasure, joy, love".
Taranza m Popular CultureTaranza is an antagonist first appearing in Kirby: Triple Deluxe. He serves as second-in-command to Queen Sectonia, the main villain of Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
Tarchon m Etruscan MythologyIn Etruscan mythology, Tarchon and his brother, Tyrrhenus, were cultural heroes who founded the Etruscan League of twelve cities, the Dodecapoli.