TimoxenosmAncient Greek Derived from the Greek verb τιμάω (timao) meaning "to honour, to esteem, to revere" combined with Greek ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest".... [more]
TinerfemGuanche, Spanish (Canarian) Possibly derived from Chinerfe, itself from guachinerfe, referring to the inhabitants of the island of Tenerife, located in the Canary Islands. It was borne by the last Guanche mencey (leader) of Tenerife before its division into nine menceyatos (kingdoms)... [more]
Tingmaof & mChinese Derived from Chinese character 廷 (tíng) meaning "courtyard; palace hall; court" combined with 懋 (mào) meaning "splendid; luxuriant".... [more]
TinguaromGuanche, Spanish (Canarian) Derived from Guanche *ti-n-əgraw, meaning "meeting cave". Alternatively, it may be derived from *ti-n-ahwaru "first one's land".
TiniamEtruscan Mythology Tinia was the god of the sky and the highest god in Etruscan mythology, equivalent to the Roman Jupiter and the Greek Zeus... [more]
TinnimIcelandic Masculine form of Tinna. In some cases it can be a diminutive of Martin. This is also the name of Tintin in the Icelandic version of The Adventures of Tintin.
Tintm & fBurmese Means "proper, befitting, comely, becoming" in Burmese.
Tintinm & fSwedish (Modern) Possibly a pet form of names ending in -tin, -tine, -tina or similar sounds. The name was made popular for girls by actress Tintin Anderzon (whose birth name is Anna Catharina).
Tipif & mMaori It means “affect by incantations” and “pare, slice, pare off”. This is the name of a female cousin of Senior Ngati Mutunga Chief Patukawenga who was married to a Waikato chief of Ngatikoroki named Taui... [more]
TirakmUzbek Means "support" and, figuratively, "supporter" in Uzbek.
Tiranm & fHebrew (Modern, Rare) This name has several meanings: the first is a type of songbird, the second meaning is an island in the Suez Canal in the northern Red Sea. ... [more]
TirdadmPersian Modern form of Old Persian Tīrīdātah meaning "given by Tishtrya", derived from *Tīriyah referring to the Zoroastrian deity Tishtrya (Tir) and dātaʰ meaning "given, created".
Tirhanim & fTsonga Possibly from the Xitsonga word tirha meaning "work".
TirimPersian Mythology With Tirya apparently being the original form, Tiri (later simply Tir) is the name of a popular Persian astral god. His name apparently means "the swift one" or "he who moves swiftly"... [more]
TirianmLiterature Variant of Tyrian. The last king of Narnia and one of the main characters in 'The Last Battle' by C.S. Lewis.
TiridatamOld Persian Derived from the name of the Persian god Tiri combined with Old Persian dāta, which can mean "law" but also "gave, given" (as past tenses of the verb dadātuv "to give, to put" - also compare Middle Persian dādan "to give")... [more]
TirmashmUzbek Means "to clamber, to cling to" in Uzbek.
TironemSpanish (Latin American, Rare) Latin American Spanish borrowing of Tyrone. It was borne by the Venezuelan rapper Tirone González (1988-2015), who was best known by his stage name Canserbero.
TirsomSpanish, Galician, Portuguese Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Thyrsus. Known bearers of this name include the Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet and monk Tirso de Molina (1579-1648) and the Spanish prince Tirso Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria (b... [more]
TirutirmNear Eastern Mythology, Elamite Mythology This was the name of an obscure god in Elamite religion. It is uncertain what the meaning of his name was in the Elamite language. Tirutir was a local god (1): he was worshipped only in the Elamite city Ayapir (2) (also spelled Aiapir; it was later called Malamir, and nowadays it is known as Izeh in Iran (3))... [more]
TirwealdmAnglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements tīr "fame, glory, honour" and weald "powerful, mighty" or "authority, leader".
Tisam & fSwahili Means "nine" in Swahili. It is often given to the ninth-born child.
Ti-sáimTaiwanese This is a name given by Taiwanese fortune tellers to ward off evil spirits, as it means "hog manure." It is often an unofficial given name.
TisamenosmAncient Greek, Greek Mythology Can mean "avenging" or "paying honour", a participle form of either τίσις (tisis) meaning "vengeance, retribution, reprisal" or the related τίω (tio) meaning "to pay honour (to a person)" (compare timao).
TishtryamNear Eastern Mythology, Persian Mythology This was the name of a Zoroastrian deity, who at first was responsible for bringing rainfall and fertility, but later became an astral deity that was associated with what is now the star Sirius. The name may have been derived from Avestan tištriia, which in turn came from púṣiya (via dissimilation) "he who makes prosper" or from Indo-European tri-str-o-m "group of three stars".
TisikratesmAncient Greek Means "power of vengeance" or "vengeance of power" in Greek. It is derived from the Greek noun τίσις (tisis) meaning "vengeance, retribution" as well as "payment" combined with the Greek noun κράτος (kratos) meaning "power".
TissamBuddhism, Sinhalese Pali form of Sanskrit तिष्य (tiṣya) meaning "auspicious, fortunate". This is the name of the twentieth of the twenty-seven buddhas preceding SiddharthaGautama, as well as the name of a 3rd-century king of Sri Lanka.
TitanmEnglish, Hungarian From the English word referring to "any of the giant gods in Greek mythology who preceded the Olympian gods". From the Ancient Greek titan (Τιτάν) of the same meaning.
TitilusmArthurian Cycle A Roman knight and nephew of Lucius the Roman in the Vulgate Merlin. Prior to the Roman War, Arthur sent an envoy to Lucius to discuss possible peace terms. Titilus, who was present, laughed at the Britons’ empty threats... [more]
TitiusmAncient Roman, Biblical From the Roman nomen gentile Titius, which is derived from Titus and/or Titanius (see Titania). This name was borne by Titius Aristo, a Roman jurist.
TitoanmOccitan Diminutive of Antòni, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
TitomirmCroatian, Serbian There are two possible explanations for the etymology of the first element of this name. The first is that it is derived from Tito, which is the Serbo-Croatian form of Titus... [more]
TitoslavmCroatian, Serbian There are two possible explanations for the etymology of the first element of this name. The first is that it is derived from Tito, which is the Serbo-Croatian form of Titus... [more]
TitsianmBulgarian, Georgian, Russian, Ukrainian Bulgarian, Georgian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Titian. A known bearer of this name was the Georgian poet Titsian Tabidze (1895-1937).
TiturelmArthurian Cycle The name of the Grail King in Wolfram von Eschenbach's 'Parzival'. Also the title of another work by Wolfram von Eschenbach (preserved only fragmentary).
TiutôĸmGreenlandic Archaic spelling of Tiutooq (according to the old Kleinschmidt orthography used to write Greenlandic until 1973, when orthographic reforms were introduced).
TizocicmNahuatl Meaning uncertain. Several theories about the etymology have been made, including the Nahuatl words tezo, meaning "bleeder, bloodletter", and teezzo "well-born, noble" combined with acic "he arrived"... [more]
TjademWest Frisian, East Frisian Frisian short form of names that have Gothic thiuda or Old Frisian thiad (both of which mean "people") for a first element.
TjallemWest Frisian Frisian short form of names that have Gothic thiuda or Old Frisian thiad (both of which mean "people") for a first element, and of which the second element starts with an "l." The name Detlef is a good example of that.
TjarkmWest Frisian, East Frisian Short form of Tjarderik, which is the Frisian form of Theodoric. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch rower Tjark de Vries (b. 1965).
TjelvarmSwedish (Rare), Norse Mythology Combination of Old Norse þjalfi which is said to mean "he who keeps together; he who encompasses", and herr "army". Tjelvar is a figure in the Gutasaga, and is by some believed to be identical to Þjálfi.
Tjorvenm & fGerman (Modern, Rare) This was the nickname of a character called Maria in Astrid Lindgren's "We on Salt-Crow Island" (1964). It is not exactly known what Lindgren based the nickname on, but she might have based it on Swedish tjock meaning "thick" combined with korv meaning "sausage"... [more]
TjuremGerman (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture Derived from Swedish tjur "bull". This is the name of a character of the German Anime-Show 'Vicky the viking (Wickie und die starken Männer)', based on a novel by Swedish author Runer Jonsson.
TlacaelelmNahuatl Means "greatest hero" or "man of suffering" in Nahuatl, from tlacatl "man, human being" and ellelli "suffering, pain, agony; strong emotions".
TlacatecolotlmNahuatl Means "sorcerer, witch" or "devil" in Nahuatl, literally "human horned owl", from tlacatl "person, human" and tecolotl "great horned owl". The negative implications were heavily influenced by Christian missionaries; it likely also referred to someone practicing a pre-Columbian religion during colonial times.
TlacateotlmNahuatl Means "divine person, man-deity", derived from Nahuatl tlacatl "human, person, man" and teotl "god, deity; divine or sacred force".
TlacateuctlimNahuatl Means "leader, ruler, protector" in Nahuatl, literally "people-lord", from tlacatl "human, person, man" and teuctli "lord". This was also used as a noble title.
TlacochmNahuatl Means "weapon; spear, arrow, javelin" in Nahuatl.
TlacochcalcatlmNahuatl Derived from Nahuatl tlacochtli "weapon; arrow, spear, javelin", calli "house, structure", and the affiliative suffix -catl "person, inhabitant". This was also used as a title for generals or high judges.
TlacochcallanmNahuatl Derived from Nahuatl tlacochtli "weapon; spear, arrow, javelin" and calli "house, structure" or "container".
TlacochquiauhmNahuatl Possibly means "rain of arrows", from Nahuatl tlacochtli "weapon; spear, arrow, javelin" and quiyahui "to rain".
TlacochtemocmNahuatl Means "descending spear, falling arrow" in Nahuatl, from temochtli "weapon; spear, arrow, javelin" and temo "to descend, to fall".
TlacochteuctlimNahuatl Means "spear lord, arrow lord", from Nahuatl tlacochtli "weapon; arrow, spear, javelin" and teuctli "lord". This was also used as a titled or a noble dignitary.
TlacochuimNahuatl Meaning uncertain. First element probably derives from Nahuatl tlacochtli "weapon; spear, arrow, javelin".
TlacochyaotlmNahuatl Derived from Nahuatl tlacochtli "weapon; spear, arrow, javelin" and yaotl "combatant, enemy".
Tlacotlm & fNahuatl Means "stick, staff, rod" or "osier twigs, maguey spines" in Nahuatl. Alternatively, it could be a variant form of Tlaco.
Tlacuitonf & mNahuatl Possibly derived from Nahuatl tlacuitl "something taken", combined with the diminutive suffix -ton.