This is a list of submitted names in which the description contains the keywords mouth or of or river.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Tamer m TurkishMeans "competent soldier" or "mannish, man of good qualities" in Turkish.
Tamia f EnglishDiminutive of
Tamara or
Tamina. Means "chipmunk" in French. Also in the case of French composer Tamia Valmont (1947-).
Tamika f JapaneseFrom Japanese 多 (ta) meaning "many, much", 実 (mi) meaning "reality, truth, fruit" combined with 果 (ka) meaning "fruit". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Tamisa f Medieval LatinTamisa is the Latinized name the Romans gave to the river Thames in England. The ancient Brittons named Thames after the Celtic goddess of dark water, Tamesis.
Tamisen f English (Archaic)Variant of
Thomasin. Tamisen Brike was the wife of John Mayo, a Puritan minister in pre-revolutionary Boston, Massachusetts and the first minister of Old North Church.
Ta-miu f PetMeans "she-cat" in Ancient Egyptian. This was the name of Prince
Thutmose's cat, best remembered for being buried in her own sarcophagus.
Tamlin m LiteratureDiminutive 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.
Tamonante f GuancheFrom Guanche
*tamannant, meaning "woman who knows to read" (literally "she who spells"). Tamonante was the daughter of
Tibiabin, a priestess.
Tamora f TheatreThis 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... [
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Tamos m Ancient EgyptianEtymology 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 JapaneseDerived 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"... [
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Tamphilus m Late RomanA Roman cognomen possibly from Ancient Greek
ταμίας (
tamíās) "steward, dispenser", from
τέμνω (
témnō) "to cut, hew", combined with
φίλος (
philos) "friend, lover"... [
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Tamshugh m Turkish, Georgian, AbkhazOrigin of the name is Turkish and it has been popular in western Georgia, specifically in Abkhazia, from somewhere XVI-XVII centuries.
Tamuna f GeorgianThis 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"... [
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Tần m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 秦 (
tần) referring to the ancient state of Qin.
Tanabos m Arthurian Cycle, LiteratureA 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.... [
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Tanagra f Greek MythologyThe 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.
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 MongolianMeans "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... [
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Tanaquill f LiteratureVariant 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.
Tanausis m GothicTanausis 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)... [
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Tanausú m Spanish (Canarian), GuancheName 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.
Tanaya f Indian, HindiDerived from Sanskrit
tanaya (तनया ) "daughter" or "belonging to one's family; this child of mine".
Tané f LiteratureTané is the name of one of the point of view characters in Samantha Shannon's novel 'The Priory of the Orange Tree'.... [
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Ta-Nehisi m ObscureFrom 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.
Tanganutura f Indigenous Tasmanianmeans "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.
Tangu f & m TumbukaMeans "first", usually given to the firstborn of twins.
Tangwen f WelshDerived from Welsh
tagc "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.
Tanhiliw f BashkirCognate of
Tansilu derived from Bashkir таң
(tañ) "dawn, daybreak" combined with һылыу
(hïlïw) "beautiful".
Tani m RomanshShort form of
Cristian, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
Tania f JapaneseFrom Japanese 渓 (
tani) meaning "mountain stream, creek" combined with 愛 (
a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [
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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... [
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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.
Tanitani f QuechuaFrom the word
tani-tani, the name of an Andine flower: the plant species Gentianella primuloides.
Tanji f ArabicTanji 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 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). 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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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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Tansen m IndianName of Mian Tansen, father of Indian classical music.
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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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.
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.
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.
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).
Taoling f ChineseFrom the Chinese
桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and
玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade".
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.”
Taphaph f BiblicalMeaning unknown. She is the daughter of Solomon, mentioned in 1 Kings 4:11.