Texasf & mEnglish (American, Rare) From the name of the state in the southern United States. It may be derived from Spanish Texas, itself from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ meaning "friend, ally", used to refer to the Caddo nation... [more]
Thạchm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 石 (thạch) meaning "stone".
ThademEast Frisian East Frisian short form of names containing the name element þeudō "people".
ThademPopular Culture General Thade is a central chimpanzee in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie and the main antagonist.
ThadymIrish Irish diminutive of Thaddeus, an anglicized form of Tadhg. Thady Quill is the subject of an Irish ballad, 'The Bould Thady Quill' (ca... [more]
Thaikm & fBurmese Means "treasure trove, deposit" or "prophecy, oracle" in Burmese.
ThainmScots, English Transferred use of the surname Thain meaning a nobleman who served as an attendant to royals or who was awarded land by a king... [more]
ThăngmVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 升 (thăng) meaning "rise, soar".
ThắngmVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 勝 (thắng) meaning "victory, excel".
ThangmChin Means "loud, echoing, famous" in Hakha Chin.
Thànhm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 成 (thành) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded", 城 (thành) meaning "castle, city" or 誠 (thành) meaning "sincere, honest, true".
Thayem & fTibetan From Tibetan མཐའ་ཡས (mtha-yas) meaning "limitless, endless, infinite".
Thayim & fTswana Decendants of the Nyambane speaking people in Mozambique and descendants of Tswana speaking people in Botswana met in South Africa in the early 1800. The great Nyanale from Mozambique "Nambane" came to South Africa to work in mines.
Thearm & fKhmer Means "great quantity, huge", "support", or "current of water" in Khmer.
ThéaumFrench Contracted form of Thélau and Théliau, which are both French forms of the Germanic given name Teilo (see Till).... [more]
ÞebafIcelandic (Modern, Rare) From the Icelandic name for the ancient town of Thebes, or possibly an Icelandic form of Thebe, the name of multiple female characters in Greek mythology.
ThebefGreek Mythology This name is frequently found in the Greek myths on multiple female characters, including at least 2 daughters of Zeus. This name is shared with a moon of Jupiter and is also the etymological source of 3 towns named Thebes... [more]
TheetmDutch Short form of Theodoor and Theodorus, which originated in the region of Liemers in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is still primarily used there today.... [more]
ÞegnmOld Norse, Norse Mythology Old Norse name and byname, from Old Norse þegn "thane, freeman". Þegn is one of the sons of Karl and Snør in the Rígsþula.
TheonmAncient Greek, Literature, Popular Culture Meaning uncertain. This name could be derived from the Greek noun θεός (theos) meaning "god", but it can also easily be derived from the Greek verb θέω (theo) meaning "to run fast, to fly" as well as "to shine, to gleam".... [more]
TherofGreek Mythology A nymph of Greek mythology and according to some accounts the nurse of the god Ares. Her name is directly derived from θηρ (ther) referring to a wild, carnivorous animal, but as she was a nymph of a town named Therapne, from the same root, it is more probable that she was named after the place.
ThetafEnglish (Rare) From Ancient Greek thē̂ta, thī́ta is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth.
TheyafDutch (Rare) Dutch variant spelling of Thea and Theia. The only bearer of this name that I know of, is Theya Schilt (1948-2016), a Dutch artist who was also the wife of the Dutch television host and producer Han Peekel (b... [more]
ThiammThai Means "yoke, harness" or "equal" in Thai.
Thianm & fVietnamese Means "smooth" in Vietnamese. It can also be a combination of Thi and An 1.
Thianm & fChin Means "clear, clean" in Hakha Chin.
ThnoumKhmer Means "bow, arc" or "December" in Khmer.
ThoasmGreek Mythology Derived from Greek θοός (thoos) meaning "quick, swift". This name was borne by roughly ten characters in Greek mythology, one of them being one of the suitors of Odysseus' wife Penelope.
ÞǫkkfNorse Mythology Means "thanks" in Old Norse (from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz "gratitude, thanks" and thus a cognate of modern English thank, thanks). In the Prose Edda, the trickster god Loki once adopted this name while disguised as an old woman.
ThorimOld Danish, Greenlandic Old Danish variant of Thorir, Old Danish short form of names containing the name element þórr "thunder" or Greenlandic younger form of Thore.
ThraxmAncient Greek (Latinized), Ancient Roman Derived from Latin Thrax meaning "Thracian", which in turn was ultimately derived from Greek Thrakē, which came from the verb thrāssō "to trouble, to stir". This was the name of Maximinus Thrax (i.e. Maximinus the Thracian), the 27th Emperor of the Roman Empire.
ThrórmNorse Mythology (Anglicized), Literature Anglicized form of the Old Norse name Þrór, a name found in the Dvergatal "Catalogue of Dwarves" in the Völuspá, a part of the Poetic Edda. The meaning of the name is uncertain.... [more]
Thuậnf & mVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 順 (thuận) meaning "obey, submit".
ThuậtmVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 述 (thuật) meaning "narrate, recount, relate".
ÞúfafOld Norse, Icelandic Old Norse variant of Tófa, the feminine form of Tófi. It coincides with Old Norse þúfa "mound, knoll" (the origin of both Swedish tuva "tussock, tuft of grass" and Danish tue "small hill").
ThyiafGreek Mythology In Greek mythology, Thyia derived from the verb θύω "to sacrifice" was a female figure associated with cults of several major gods.
Thymef & mEnglish (Rare) From Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon).
TiakimMaori Maori form of Jack, coinciding with the Maori word meaning "guard, keep">
Tialef & mKorean From Korean Hangul 티아레 (tiale) meaning "Tiare flower" (specifically referring to the species Gardenia taitensis), making it the Korean cognate of Tiare.
Tianaf & mMalagasy Means "loved, favoured" in Malagasy.
TianefEnglish Short form of Christiane. Not as popular as the related name Tiana, but has roughly followed its popularity curve in much smaller numbers.
TiarafJapanese From Japanese 天 (ti) meaning "heaven", 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection" combined with 宝 (ra) meaning "treasure". Other kanji combinations are possible.
TibbafAnglo-Saxon Meaning unknown. A notable bearer of this name was Saint Tibba of Mercia (7th century), a patron saint of falconers. She was a relative of Saints Kyneburga and Kyneswide of Mercia.
TiénamWestern African Meaning as of yet unknown. A notable bearer of this name is the Malian politician Tiéna Coulibaly (b. 1952).
TienafRomani Romani name that has been recorded from the 1800s onwards. Its origin and meaning are uncertain; a current theory, however, links it to the same source as Tiana.
TienafEnglish (Rare) Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be a variant of Tiana, and perhaps in some cases even an alternate spelling of Tina.
TietafPortuguese (Brazilian) Tieta is a nickname for Antonieta used by Brazilian author Jorge Amado in his novel 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢. 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢 was later made into a television series and a movie.
Tiivif & mFinnish (Rare) Tiivi is an alternative name for such birds as the broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus, more commonly used Finnish name is "jänkäsirriäinen") and the Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii, "lapinsirri")... [more]
TikalfMayan From Tikal, the ruins of an ancient city found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It may be derived from ti ak'al in the Yucatec Maya language; it is said to be a relatively modern name meaning "at the waterhole"... [more]
TiklafLatvian (Rare) Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Latvian tikls "coy" and a variant of Tekla.
TilakmSanskrit, Hinduism Tilak (or Tilaka) is the Hindu ritual of marking someone's forehead with a fragrant paste, such as of sandalwood or vermilion, as a welcome and expression of honour when they arrive. ... [more]
Tilekm & fKyrgyz, Kazakh Means "wish, desire" in Kyrgyz and Kazakh. It is only masculine in Kyrgyzstan while it is occasionally used as a feminine name in Kazakhstan.
Tillef & mEnglish (American, Archaic) For men most likely use of the surname Tille as a given name for women a nickname of Matilda or a variation of Tilly is also possible.