TanchefHistory (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.
TanchummHebrew Means "consolation" in Hebrew. The name is used in the Talmud for a great sage who lived in Babylon.
Ta-NehisimObscure From 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.
TanganuturafIndigenous Tasmanian means "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.
TangerinefPopular Culture Presumably from the English word, which refers to a red or orange colored citrus fruit. Mentioned as a name in the songs 'Tangerine' by Led Zeppelin and 'Tangerine' by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
TangjunfChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 珺 (jùn) meaning "beautiful jade".
TanglifChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" or 丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful".
TangmanmGaro From the Garo word তঙ্ (tang) meaning "living" and মঁ (man) meaning "person".
TangmeifChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 梅 (méi) meaning "plums".
TangnafChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate".
TangniufChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plum" and 妞 (niū) meaning "girl".
Tangof & mEnglish Vocabulary name referring to a South American dance style that utilises an embracing hold. Its name may come from the Latin tangere, meaning "touch".... [more]
TañgölfBashkir From Bashkir таң (tañ) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and гөл (göl ) meaning "flower".
TangqiongfChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 琼 (qióng) meaning "jade, rare, precious".
TangwenfWelsh Derived 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.
TangxingfChinese From Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" combined with 星 (xīng) meaning "star, planet". Other characters are possible.
TangxuanfChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade, star".
TanhemmAncient Hebrew Derived from the Hebrew root נחם (Haham) meaning "to comfort". This name means "(you will) comfort". It was typically given to children around the same time a relative passed.
TanhiliwfBashkir Cognate of Tansilu derived from Bashkir таң (tañ) "dawn, daybreak" combined with һылыу (hïlïw) "beautiful".
TaniafJapanese From Japanese 渓 (tani) meaning "mountain stream, creek" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
TaniefJapanese (Rare) From 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 栄 (e) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
TanimafPashto Means "wave (of the sea)" in Pashto.
TanimarafDutch (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]
TanjevmGerman (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]
TanjifArabic Tanji is a reference to the sleek, fast coursing hounds of Arabia and Persia.
Tanjilf & mEnglish (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.
TanjiromPopular Culture Tanjiro Kamado (竈門 炭治郎) is a main character from 'Kimetsu no Yaiba'.
TanjiroumJapanese The name of the main protagonist of the popular manga "Kimetsu no Yaiba," Kamado Tanjirou. His name translates as coal/charcoal + rule + son.
TäñkäbikäfBashkir From 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).
TannakinfFolklore, Literature Tannakin Skinker is a pig-faced woman in A Certaine Relation of the Hog-faced Gentlewoman called Mistris Tannakin Skinker, a 1640 chapbook.
TannisfEnglish (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]
Tanoutef & mCoptic (Sahidic) Means "the goddess" in Coptic. The name ultimately derives from the Egyptian feminine prefix (or article/pronoun) ta combined with Egyptian nuti "God". Also, please note that I am uncertain for which gender this name is used, so I listed both genders.
TanovarfUzbek Uzbek feminine name derived from the name of a classical Uzbek folk dance melody.
TanpopofJapanese (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.... [more]
TañqızfKarachay-Balkar From the Karachay-Balkar танг (tañ) meaning "dawn" and къыз (qız) meaning "girl".
TantafLiterature used by J.R.R. Tolkien for the Hobbit Tanta Hornblower, the great-grandmother of Frodo Baggins.
TantafInca "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... [more]
TantalidesmArthurian Cycle, Literature A scribe from Vercelli, Italy, who served Arthur and recorded the deeds of the Knights of the Round Table.
TantalisfArthurian Cycle, Literature Empress of Greece and Constantinople, wife of Alexander, emperor of Constantinople. She was the mother of Alexander and Alis, and grandmother of Cligés.... [more]
TantalosmAncient Greek, Greek Mythology Possibly derived from Ancient Greek ταλάντατος (talántatos) "one who has to bear much", itself derived from τάλας (tálas) "wretched, miserable".
TantalusmGreek Mythology In 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... [more]
TantamanimAncient Egyptian From 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.
TantormLiterature Tantor is a generic name for elephants in Mangani, the fictional language of the great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
TanweermArabic, Urdu Alternate transcription of Arabic تنوير (see Tanwir), as well as the Urdu transcription.
TanwenfWelsh 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.
TanyaradzwafShona Means "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".
TanyomBulgarian Contracted form of other Bulgarian masculine names such as: Stoyan, Atanas, Stanislav, Tsvetan and so on, or the feminine Tanya. ... [more]
Tạom & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 造 (tạo) meaning "make, build, create".
TaomAncient Egyptian This 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).
Taof & mJapanese From Japanese 多 (ta) meaning "many, much", 汰 (ta) meaning "washing, sieving, filtering, weeding out, luxury", 陶 (tao) meaning "pottery, porcelain", 道 (tao) meaning "road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings" or 夕 (ta) meaning "evening" combined with 緒 (o) meaning "thread" or 生 (o) meaning "raw, live"... [more]
TaofangfChinese From the Chinese 桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and 芳 (fāng) meaning "fragrant, virtuous".
TaofenfChinese From the Chinese 桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and 芬 (fēn) meaning "fragrance, aroma, perfume".
TaohongfChinese From the 桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and 红 (hóng) meaning "red, vermilion".
Taohuaf & mChinese From Chinese 桃 (táo) meaning "peach" combined with 花 (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" (which is usually only feminine) or 华/華 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, Chinese". Other Chinese characters can form this name as well.
TaohuanfChinese From the Chinese 桃 (táo) meaning "peach" and 焕 (huàn) meaning "shining".
TaohuifChinese From the Chinese 桃 (táo) meaning "peach" and 慧 (huì) meaning "bright, intelligent".
TaojiefChinese From the Chinese 桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage" and 洁 (jié) meaning "clean, pure, purify".