Browse Submitted Names

Tadeus m Jewish (?)

Tadeùsz m Kashubian
Kashubian form of Thaddeus.

Tadevuš m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Thaddeus.

Țadoc m Romanian
Romanian form of Zadok, not generally used as a given name.

Tadou m Medieval Breton
Diminutive of Tadeg.

Tadzik m Polish, Silesian
Diminutive of Tadeusz.

Tadzio m Polish, Literature
Diminutive of Tadeusz. This name was borne by a character in Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice (1912).

Taelah f English (Modern, Rare)

Taelea f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tayley.

Taelee f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tayley.

Taelie f & m American (Rare)
Variant of Tayley.

Taelor m & f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylor.

Taelyr m & f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylor.

Taeryn f & m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taryn.

Taeya f American (Modern, Rare)

Tafesha f Obscure

Tafil m Albanian

Taga f Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Tage.

Taggart m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Taggart.

Taggert m English
Variant of Taggart.

Taggy f English
Diminutive of Agnes.

Tagne f Estonian (Rare)

Tagus m Roman Mythology

Tahaani f Arabic (Rare)

Tahalia f Obscure

Tahiry m & f Malagasy

Tahj m African American (Modern)
Variant of Taj (which in turn was used by American musician Tito Jackson, a member of the Jackson 5, for his first son born 1973 - Toriano Adaryll 'Taj' Jackson Jr... [more]

Tahkharah f Obscure

Tahlee f English (Australian)

Tahleyah f English (Modern, Rare)

Tahliah f English (Rare)
Variant of Tahlia.

Tahnia f Bengali, English (Australian, Modern, Rare)

Taiaha m Obscure

Taida f Croatian (Rare), Latvian (Archaic), Lithuanian (Rare), Polish (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Form of Thaïs - also compare its Italian form Taide. In Slavic countries, this name can also be a variant of Taisiya, which is ultimately of Coptic origin.

Taido m Estonian

Taidur m Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Taido.

Taien m Taiwanese (Rare)

Taig m Manx
Manx cognate of Tadg. This name was traditionally Anglicized as the etymologically unrelated Timothy.

Taiga f Latvian
Of uncertain origin and meaning, this name has been in use from the late 19th century onwards. A derivation from Latvian taiga has been suggested.

Taige m English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Tadhg.

Taiha m Korean

Taija f Finnish
Finnish variant of Taina as well as a Finnish diminutive of Tarja and Taimi.

Taijah f African American (Modern, Rare)

Taikan m Japanese (?)

Taila f Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare)

Tailea f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tayley.

Taileflaith f Medieval Irish

Taileigh f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tayley.

Tailie f American (Rare)
Variant of Tayley.

Taillte f Medieval Irish
Derived from a Brythonic loan word represented by Welsh telediw "well formed, beautiful".

Tailor m & f American (Rare)
Variant of Taylor.

Taima f Estonian
Variant of Taimi.

Taimar m Estonian
Possibly of Germanic origin.

Taimija f Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Taimi.

Taïna f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)

Taina f Tupi, Brazilian
Variant of Tainá.

Taina f Russian (Archaic)

Tainá f Tupi, Brazilian
Derived from Old Tupi tainã "star, morning star".

Tainara f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Elaboration of Tainá.

Taíni f Spanish (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)

Tair f Hebrew
Means "(she) will light up" in Hebrew, making it relative to Yair.

Taire f Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Tairi.

Tairi f Estonian

Tais f Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish (Rare), Galician
Bulgarian, Russian and Spanish and Galician form of Thaïs.

Taisce f Irish (Modern, Rare)
Irish Gaelic.... [more]

Taisia f Georgian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Moldovan, History (Ecclesiastical)
Georgian form of Taisiya and Romanian form of Thais. According to Orthodox Christian ecclesiastical traditions, Taisia (Thais in English) is venerated as a Virgin-Martyr alongside Saint Drosis.

Taisija f Belarusian, Latvian (Rare), Lithuanian (Rare), Russian, Ukrainian
Belarusian, Latvian and Lithuanian form of Taisiya as well as a Russian and Ukrainian variant transcription of the name.

Taisja f Polish
Variant of Taida.

Taiso m Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Teiso.

Taïssa f Dutch (Rare), French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Dutch and French form of Taissa.

Taissa f Russian (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Extremely rare Russian variant of Taisa as well as an anglicized form (or variant transcription) of the name.... [more]

Taissija f Estonian
Estonian transcription of Russian Таисия (see Taisiya).

Taisy f English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant form of Daisy. Also see Taísy.

Taive f Estonian

Taivi f Estonian
Variant of Taive.

Taivo m Estonian
Derived from Old Estonian taivas (taevas in Modern Estonian) "heaven".

Taiylor m & f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylor.

Taja f American

Taja f Kashubian
Diminutive of Anastazjô.

Taje m East Frisian (Rare)
East Frisian short form of names that contain the element thiad- "people".

Taječka f Belarusian
Diminutive of Taisija.

Tajiana f Spanish (Latin American)

Tajja f Trinidadian Creole

Tajka f Medieval Polish, Slovene
Medieval Polish diminutive of Tatiana and Slovene diminutive of Taja.

Tajma f Bosnian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Variant of Tajna.

Tajna f Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Derived from Serbo-Croatian тајна, tajna, meaning "a secret".

Tajunia f African American

Tajus m Indonesian

Tajuta f Belarusian
Diminutive of Taisija.

Tâjûyah f Old Persian

Takaiya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a combination of the popular name prefix ta and Kaya 2.

Takeeta f Obscure

Takevia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Takeyia f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Takia.

Takia f African American
An invented name, blending the popular phonetic prefix ta and the name Nakia. Also see T'Keyah.

Taksh m Indian

Taksony m Medieval Hungarian
Taksony of Hungary was the Grand Prince of the Hungarians who reigned c. 955 AD to the early 970s.

Tala f Philippine Mythology
Means "star" in Tagalog, ultimately from Sanskrit तारा (tārā). In Tagalog mythology, Tala is the goddess of stars and a daughter of the supreme deity Bathala.

Tala f Romansh
Short form of Nutala.

Tala f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

Talabér m Medieval Hungarian
Variant of Talabor.

Talabor m Medieval Hungarian, Literature

Talaith f Welsh (Rare)

Talan m Cornish, Medieval Cornish
Possibly derived from Cornish tal "brow; forehead".

Talana f South African, English
Use of this name in South Africa probably owes something to the Battle of Talana Hill in 1899.

Talander m Literature
Talander was the pen name of the galant writer August Bohse (1661-1740)

Talar f Armenian

Talaria f American (Modern, Rare)

Talartha f American (Rare, Archaic)

Talaya f African American (Rare)

Talayia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Talba f Judeo-Arabic

Tāle f Latvian (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include an adoption of Low German and Frisian Tale, a short form of Natālija and a derivation from Latvian tāle "far, far away".

Tale m & f West Frisian, Norwegian, East Frisian
As a masculine name in Friesland, this name is usually a short form of names containing the Old High Germanic element adal "noble." But in Scandinavia, it is often a variant form of Tole... [more]

Talea f German (Modern, Rare), East Frisian
19th-century East Frisian elaboration of Tale which, in recent years, has also found some usage in general German naming.

Taleen f Armenian (Anglicized, Rare)
Variant of Talene.

Taleia f East Frisian (Rare, Archaic)
17th and 18th-century Frisian elaboration of Tale.

Taleigh f Obscure
Variant of Tayley.

Talek m Cornish
Derived from Cornish talek "big-browed", ultimately from Old Cornish talawg "high forehead" or "big brow".

Talena f Latvian, Spanish, Catalan (Rare)
Shorter form of Magdalena.

Talene f Armenian (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Taline.

Talerie f American (Rare, Archaic), French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)

Tales m Ancient Greek (Portuguese-style), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Thales.

Talesa f Medieval Catalan, Medieval Spanish, Medieval Occitan, Medieval Aragonese
Possibly a variant of Talesia.

Talèse f Medieval Occitan (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Talesa.

Talesia f Medieval Basque
Medieval Basque form of Adelheid.

Talésie f Medieval French, Medieval Occitan (Gallicized)
French form of Talesia.

Talghefeer m Medieval Flemish

Tália f Portuguese, Hungarian
Portuguese and Hungarian form of Thalia.

Talía f Icelandic, Spanish, Galician
Icelandic, Spanish and Galician form of Thalia.

Talia f Sicilian
Short form of Italia. Actress Talia Shire (sister of film director and producer Francis Ford Coppola) was named after her mother, Italia Pennino Coppola (1912-2004).

Talia f Sardinian
Both a short form of Vitalia and an adoption of the title of Nostra Segnora de Talia (which itself is a corruption of Vitalia).

Talia f Galician (Rare)
Variant of Talía.

Talia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Thalia and Talya.

Taliana f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Talibald m Medieval Baltic
Estonian form of Tālivaldis. He was a Latgalian elder, the ruler of Tālava, whose support for Albert of Riga and the German crusaders brought about his death at the hands of the native Baltic peoples.

Talicia f English (Rare)
Variant of Talisha.

Talie f French (Modern, Rare)
French form of Talia 1.

Taliesyn m Welsh (Rare)
Variant of Taliesin.

Talija f Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Talya.

Talilia f Obscure

Talin m Romansh
Diminutive of Nutal, traditionally found in the Lower Engadine.

Talina f German (Swiss), Romansh
Diminutive of Nutala, the Romansh form of Natalia.

Talina f Sicilian
Truncated form of Adalina.

Talinda f English (American, Rare)

Taline f East Frisian
East Frisian diminutive and elaboration of Tale.

Tālis m Latvian (Rare)
Originally a short form of Tālivaldis, now used as a given name in its own right.

Talis m Estonian
Possibly an Estonian borrowing of Tālis.

Talisa f Frisian (Rare), Low German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
19th-century elaboration of Tale.

Talissa f Low German (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Low German variant of Talisa.

Tālivaldis m Latvian
Derived from Latvian tāls "far; far away" and valdīt "to rule; to reign". Tālivaldis was a Latgalian elder, the ruler of Tālava, whose support for Albert of Riga and the German crusaders brought about his death at the hands of the native Baltic peoples.

Taliya f Indian

Taliya f Russian
Russian form of Thalia.

Tallan m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname.

Tallara f Indigenous Australian

Tallie f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Tally, a diminutive of Natalie.... [more]

Tallina f West Frisian (Rare)
Elaboration of Tale.

Tallis m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tallis, which comes from the Old French taillis, referring to a clearing of woodland.

Tallow m & f American (Rare, Archaic)

Tallula f English
Variant of Tallulah.

Tally f Hebrew, English
Diminutive of Tallulah, Talia 1 and other names that begin with or contain the element "Tal-".

Tallye f & m American (Rare, Archaic)

Tallyn m English (Modern, Rare)

Talora f American (Rare)

Talorc m Pictish, History
Name of several Pictish kings.

Talos m Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish talu- "forehead; front; surface".

Tālrita f Latvian (Rare)
Feminine form of Tālrīts.

Tālrīts m Latvian (Rare)
Derived from Latvian tāls "far away, distant" and rīts "morning".

Táltos m Medieval Hungarian

Talula f English (Rare)
Variant of Tallulah.

Talulah f English (British, Rare)
Variant of Tallulah. A known bearer is Talulah Riley (1985-), an English actress who was formerly married to business magnate Elon Musk.

Talva f Estonian (Archaic)
Variant of Talvi.

Talve f Estonian (Archaic)
Variant of Talvi. The name coincides with the genitive case of talv "winter".

Talvo m Estonian
Variant of Taalo.

Talwyn f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish tal "brow; forehead; temple" and gwynn "fair; white; blessed". This is a modern Cornish name.

Talynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Talyn.

Talythah f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Talitha.

Tamaara f Estonian (Rare)
Estonian variant of Tamara.

Tamalia f Indonesian, English (Modern, Rare)

Tamana f Indian (Rare)

Tamantha f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular name element Tam (see Tammy) and Samantha (see also Tamela).

Támár f Biblical Hungarian
Hungarian form of Tamar.

Támara f Galician

Tamara f Cornish, Celtic Mythology
In Cornish folklore, Tamara is a nymph who lived in the underworld and wanted to wander freely in the mortal world, against the advice of her parents. When she falls in love with the giant Tawradge, she refuses to return to the underworld with her father... [more]

Tamaria f American (Rare)

Tamarin f English (British, Rare), South African (Rare)

Tamarrah f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tamara.

Tamaryn f English (Rare), South African (Rare)

Tamatha f English (American, Rare)

Tamberlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tambet m Estonian
Coined by Eduard Bornhöhe for a character in his novel 'Tasuja' (1880). The exact origin and meaning of this name are uncertain, it has, however, been speculated that it might be a contraction of Estonian tammepuust "of oak wood".

Tambry f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tamea f German (Rare)

Tamelia f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tamerine f English (Rare, Archaic)

Tamerlán m History (Magyarized)
Hungarian form of Tamerlane.

Tamesha f African American
Variant of Tamisha.

Tamesia f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Tamesa and variant of Tamesis, the two names of the river Thames in Roman times.

Tamfana f Germanic Mythology

Tamica f English
Variant of Tamika.

Tamina f German, Swedish (Rare), Literature
Feminine form of Tamino. Tamina is a character in Milan Kundera's 'The Book of Laughter and Forgetting' (1979).

Tamine f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Tamino m German (Rare), Theatre
Descends from the Greek word tamias which means "lord" or "master". There is a Tamino in Mozart's "The Magic Flute".

Tamirah f Arabic, African American (Rare)
Means "date merchant, possessor of dates" in Arabic.

Tamires f & m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a variant of Tomyris.

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.

Tamisin f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tamiya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tamia.

Tamla f African American (Modern, Rare)
Contracted form of Tamela.

Tamlane m Scottish (Rare, ?), English (Rare)

Tamma f American (Rare)

Tammany m & f American (Rare)

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.

Tammes m Danish (Rare)
Variant of Thomas.

Tammes m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Tammo, used in the 17th century.

Tamminya f English (Australian, Rare)

Tammo m Estonian

Tammo m East Frisian, West Frisian
Variant of Tamme.

Tamond m American (South, Rare)

Tamre f American (Rare)

Tamrine f South African (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)

Tamryn f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tameron.

Tamsine f Cornish (Archaic)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tamson f Cornish (Archaic)
Variant of Thomasin.

Tamur m Estonian
Variant of Tammo.

Tamusia f Belarusian, Georgian (Rare)
Belarusian and Georgian form of Tamusya.

Tamyra f African American

Tamzin f English (British), English (Australian)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tamzyn f South African
Variant of Tamsyn.

Tana f East Frisian (Rare)
Feminine form of Tanne.

Tana f Yiddish (?)

Tana f English (American)
Possibly a variant of Tanya. This name was popularized by a character in the 1942 movie The Forest Rangers.

Tana f Albanian

Tanairis f Spanish (Caribbean)

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.

Tanasha f African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements ta, nay and sha in a similar vein to Tanisha.

Tanaya f Indian, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit tanaya (तनया ) "daughter" or "belonging to one's family; this child of mine".

Tanaze m Gallo
Gallo short form of Atanase.

Tanázia f Hungarian
Truncated form of Atanázia.

Tanca f History (Ecclesiastical)
English, Portuguese, Catalan and Spanish form of Tanche.

Tancha f History (Ecclesiastical)
German 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.

Tancia f African American (Rare)

Tandekah f African American (Modern, Rare)

Tandice f English (Modern, Rare)

Tandra f Indian, English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tandy f South African

Tandy f & m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Tandy.

Tane m Macedonian (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Bulgarian (Rare)
Short form of Atanasije and Atanas.

Tanea f Moldovan
Moldovan form of Tanya.

Tanea f East Frisian
19th-century elaboration of Tana.

Tanegui m Lengadocian, Gascon
Languedocian and Gascon form of Tanguy.

Taneishia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tanisha.

Tanela f Obscure

Tanelle f English (Modern, Rare)

Tanessa f American (Modern, Rare)

Tangakin f Armenian (Rare), Obscure
Variant of Tankagin.

Tanganika f American (Modern, Rare)

Tangela f African American
Combination of the phonetic element ta with the name Angela.

Tangiora f & m Maori

Tanguistl f Medieval Cornish
Cornish cognate of Tangwystl.

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.

Tanielle m Sardinian
Nuorese form of Daniel.

Tanija f Slovene
Variant of Tanja.

Tanima f Indian

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]

Taniquewa f African American (Modern, Rare)

Tanise f American (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Tanishia f American (Modern)
Elaboration of Tanisha.

Tanisius m Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish teno- "heat; fire".

Tanita f Thai

Tanitha f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Variant of Tanith.

Tanius m German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German short form of Antonius.

Taniya f Indian (Rare)

Taniyah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tania.

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]

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.

Tanka f Russian (Archaic)

Tanme m Jèrriais
Short form of Thonmas.

Tanmîn m Jèrriais
Diminutive of Thonmas.

Tanmoy m & f Indian, Bengali
Variant transcription of Tanmaya.

Tannah f & m English
Variant of Tana or Tanna.

Tanne f & m West Frisian (Rare), East Frisian (Rare)
Variant form of Tane, which is a Frisian short form of names that contain the Germanic element thanc "thought", such as Thancmar.

Tannie f & m English (American)

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... [more]

Tanno m Estonian
Variant of Taano.

Tannon m English

Tanqueray m & f African American (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tanqueray. This is the name of a brand of gin, which was founded by British distiller Charles Tanqueray (1810-1868).

Tanța f Romanian (Rare)
Short form of names ending in -tanța like Constanța.

Tanți f Romanian (Rare)
Diminutive of Tanța.

Tanue m African

Tanush m Albanian (Rare)
Albanian form of Tanusio.

Tanveer m Bengali, Indian, Pakistani
Variant of Tanwir.

Tanwen f Welsh
Means "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.

Tánya f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Tanya.

Tanyale f African American (Modern, Rare)

Tanyka f American (Modern, Rare)