TasmafEnglish (Australian) Originated as the pen name of distinguished Australian novelist, journalist and feminist Jessie Couvreur (1848-1897), who was raised and educated in Tasmania, and took her pen name from the name of the island state... [more]
TatiafAncient Roman Feminine form of Tatius. A bearer of this name was the wife of Numa Pompilius, a king of Rome from the 7th century BC.
TatiafGeorgian Meaning uncertain. Georgian sources state that the name is of Kartvelian origin but neglect to provide its meaning, whilst one Russian source essentially states that the name is a georgianization of Tatya, the Russian short form of Tatyana... [more]
TátsefAguaruna From the Awajún name for a kind of parrot.
Tatsum & fJapanese From Japanese 起 (tatsu) meaning "rouse, wake up, get up", 健 (tatsu) meaning "healthy, strong", 建 (tatsu) meaning "build", 多 (ta) meaning "many, much", 達 (tatsu) meaning "accomplished, reach, arrive, attain", 辰 (tatsu) meaning "sign of the dragon", 立 (tatsu) meaning "stand up, rise, set up, erect" or 竜 (tatsu) and 龍 (tatsu) both meaning "dragon" combined with 津 (tsu) meaning "haven, port, harbor, ferry"... [more]
TawnafPopular Culture, English (Rare) Variant of Tawny, possibly influenced by Shawna. A notable bearer of this name is Tawna Bandicoot, a character in the Crash Bandicoot video game series.
T-bonemAmerican (Rare) Nickname with meaning particular to the bearer, but often used for someone with a name beginning with the letter 'T'. Bearers include blues singer and guitarist Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (1910–1975), for whom the name was derived from his middle name because of its close pronunciation of Tee-bow... [more]
TchammCentral African From Tcham N'Toya-Zoa (born 3 November 1983 in Kinshasa, DR Congo),a French-Congolese footballer.
TchuemAfrican Mythology A cultural founder hero of the Bushmen. Tchue's deeds and transformations were 'many, many and not one'. He was a genius of fruit; also was he at different times a bird, an elephant, a fly, a lizard and even a water hole... [more]
TeatafChickasaw Possibly a variant of Te Ata, the stage name of Mary Frances Thompson (1895 - 1995), best known as Te Ata or Te Ata Fisher after her marriage. Te Ata means "bearer of the morning" in the Chickasaw language... [more]
TebahmBiblical Means "slaughter" in Hebrew, from the verb טָבַח (tabach) "to slaughter, butcher, slay". In the Bible, Tebah was the firstborn son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah (Gen... [more]
TebbsmEnglish Either a transferred surname Tebbs or a nickname for Terence, as it is in the case of British speed-walker Terence Lloyd Johnson (1900 – 1984).
TedhafHistory (Ecclesiastical), Medieval Cornish Cornish form of Tedda. This name was borne by a 5th-century virgin and saint in Wales and Cornwall. Early Latin records, however, mention the saint by the name Tecla (itself a form of the name Thecla borne by the first female martyr in Christianity) and consider her a companion of Breaca, while in Cornish sources, she was listed among the daughters of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog in Wales... [more]
TefkefDutch (Rare) Meaning uncertain, though the second element of this name certainly consists of the diminutive suffix -ke. The name is possibly Frisian in origin.
TeglafEastern African, Pokot A famous bearer is Tegla Chepkite Loroupe (born 1973) a Kenyan long-distance track and road runner. She is also a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights and education.
TeglafHistory (Ecclesiastical) Tegla is the titular patron of the church and holy well at Llandegla in Denbighshire. Her name is usually treated as the Welsh form of Thecla.
TehyafEnglish (American) Probably an invented name based on similar-sounding names such as Taya. Though many questionable websites claim this is a Native American name meaning "precious", there is as yet no evidence that it is an authentic name or word in any Native American language.
TeijimJapanese From Japanese 貞 (tei) meaning "virtue, faithfulness, unrighteousness" combined with 治 (ji) meaning "govern, regulate, administer". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
TeilomWelsh, History (Ecclesiastical) From Teilio, which was originally a diminutive of Eiludd, composed of the Welsh pronoun ty meaning "thy, your" prefixed to a diminutive of Eiludd... [more]
Teinam & fMaori means "brother" in Maori language.
TelsefNorth Frisian, Low German Originally a Low German diminutive of Elisabeth, which may have arisen from the contraction of either Sünt Else meaning "Saint Else", perhaps applied affectionately or ironically to an individual named Else (or else referring to the biblical character; see Elizabeth) or dat Else, an affectionate phrase meaning "the Else".
TempefEnglish (Rare) From the name of the Vale of Tempe, a gorge in Thessaly (located south of Mount Olympus) which was celebrated by the ancient Greeks for its beauty.... [more]
TenanmNahuatl Means "one’s mother" in Nahuatl. May alternately derive from tenantli "wall, rampart", tenani "moaner, one who complains", or a combination of tetl "stone" and nantli "mother", the latter being used in the sense of "protector".
TeneufHistory (Ecclesiastical) Teneu is a legendary Christian saint who was venerated in medieval Glasgow, Scotland. Traditionally she was a sixth-century Brittonic princess of the ancient kingdom of Gododdin and the mother of Saint Kentigern, apostle to the Britons of Strathclyde and founder of the city of Glasgow... [more]
Tenkof & mJapanese From Japanese 典 (ten) meaning "ceremony, rule", 天 (ten) meaning "heavens, sky" or 展 (ten) meaning "exhibition" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child", 恋 (ko) meaning "love" (for females) or 鼓 (ko) meaning "drum" (for males)... [more]
Tenkum & fJapanese Means "erupting fire" or "heaven".
TenmamJapanese From Japanese 典 (ten) meaning "ceremony, rule" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality". Other kanji combinations are possible.
TenpamTibetan, Bhutanese From Tibetan བསྟན་པ (bstan-pa) meaning "teaching, doctrine".
TenrifJapanese (Rare) This name combines 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky" with 梨 (ri, nashi) meaning "pear tree", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" or 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth."... [more]
TepiomCoptic (Bohairic) Possibly a diminutive form of Patape. Alternatively, could derive from Egyptian tpj "being on top of, standing atop", figuratively "first, main, best".