TudhaliyamHittite Of uncertain etymology, although possibly of Anatolian origin. This name was borne by several Hittite kings, and was possibly given in honour of a deified mountain of the same name.
TudrusmGermanic Tudrus was a ruler of the Quadi, a Germanic tribe, in the 1st century AD. He was a contemporary of Maroboduus of the Marcomanni. Like Maroboduus, Tudrus established a dynasty which ruled his people for many years after his death.
TudualmBreton Variant of Tugdual. A known bearer of this name is the Breton poet Tudual Huon (b. 1953).
TufayyurfBerber Means "more beautiful than the moon" in Tamazight.
Tuffm & fPopular Culture Tuff (Bun in the original Japanese version) is one of the main characters in the anime, Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Hoshi no Kaabii in the original japanese, which translates to Kirby of the Stars). Tuff is an ally of Kirby and often plays a large role... [more]
TugmEnglish (Rare) From the naval expression. Famous bearers include: Tug Dumbly (1965-), the pseudonym of Australian performance poet and musician Geoff Forrester and Tug McGraw (1944-2004), a Major League Baseball pitcher.
TugafCroatian (Rare), Slavic Mythology Means "sadness" in Croatian. According to a folk tradition, she and her sister Buga, together with their five brothers Klukas, Lobel, Kosenc, Muhlo and Hrvat, led the Croats into the ancient Roman province of Dalmatia in the 7th century.
TugdualmBreton (Rare) Derived from Breton tut "people" and uual "brave; bold; noble; exalted" or tad "father".
TugelafEnglish (British, Rare) From the Tugela river in South Africa, first used as an English girl's name in 1900 to commemorate the battle of Tugela Heights in the Boer War. 36 girls were given the name in the UK in 1900, but it became extremely rare after then.
TugendfGerman (Rare, Archaic) Directly taken from German Tugend "virtue". This is one of the so-called pietistic names coined in the 18th century.
TugendreichfGerman (Archaic) Directly taken from German tugendreich "full of virtue". This is one of the so-called pietistic names coined in the 18th century.
TugendsamfGerman (Archaic) Derived from the German adjective tugendsam meaning "virtuous". This is one of the so-called Pietistic given names that were coined in Germany from the late 17th century onwards.
TugomirmCroatian, Serbian, Slovene Croatian and Slovenian form of the Old Slavic name Togomir, which is derived from Slavic togo "strong, mighty, potent" combined with Slavic mir "peace". Known bearers of this name were Croatian poet and storyteller Tugomir Alaupović (1870-1958) and Tugomir Franc (1932-1983), a Croatian opera singer.
TuguzhukomCircassian (Rare), History Meaning unknown. A known bearer was Tuguzhuko Kyzbech (1777-1840), a Circassian nobleman and leader during the Russian-Circassian War.
Tuif & mMaori Tui is the Maori name for the bird (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), which are easily identified for their small tuft of white feathers at the neck.... [more]
TuirefFinnish Derived from the archaic Finnish word tuiretuinen, which means both "unwise, uncomprehending" and "darling".
TuirenfIrish (Modern, Rare), Astronomy Meaning unknown. Tuiren was a character in The Birth of Bran, a story in the book Irish Fairy Tales, written by James Stephens. A star has been named after her.
Tuiskuf & mFinnish From Finnish tuisku meaning "snowstorm".
TuistomGermanic Mythology The name of a Germanic Earth god mentioned once in the work of Tacitus. One manuscript of Tacitus provides the alternate name form Tuisco.
TujenmBreton Derived from Breton tut "people" and gen "birth".
Tukumaĸf & mGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "quick", "eager", "active", "cheerful", "vigorous", "is prompt to act" with the connotation "is busy".
TulimaqmPopular Culture, Inuit Means "rib". Used for a character in the Canadian Inuktitut-language film 'Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner' (2001).
TulimirmPolish According to some sources, this name means "to prevail over peace" or "to reign over peace", with the second element derived from Slavic mir "peace". Well, they are definitely correct about the second element, but I am uncertain or doubtful that the first element means "to prevail over, to reign"... [more]
TülinfTurkish Means "the halo around the moon" in Turkish.
TulipfEnglish (Rare) From the name of the flower. Ultimately from Persian dulband, "turban", from the shape of the opened flower.... [more]
TulippafFinnish (Rare), Literature, Polish Tulippa is a name worn by a minor character in the Moomin series. It was created by Tove Jansson and probably is derived from tulippaani, "tulip" in Finnish... [more]
TulisafEnglish (British, Modern) Usage of this name is most likely adapted from British singer-songwriter Tula Paulinea Contostavlos (1988), who performs under the mononym Tulisa and has Greek ancestry. It is likely Tulisa is an elaboration or diminutive of her given name, Tula, a variant transcription of Toula.
TulsafEnglish (American, Rare) From the name of the city and county in the US state of Oklahoma which comes from Tallasi, meaning "old town" in the Creek.
Tulsif & mHinduism, Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Nepali From Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī) meaning "holy basil (a type of plant)". The plant is considered sacred in Hinduism, and it is sometimes personified as an avatar of Lakshmi.
TulsidasmIndian, Hindi Derived from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasi) meaning "holy basil" (a type of plant; see Tulsi) combined with Sanskrit दास (dasa) meaning "servant".
TumanmArmenian (Archaic), Kazakh (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare), Uzbek (Rare) Armenian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek form of the Mongol name Tümen, probably via its Old Turkic form Tümän. Also compare the Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek word tuman meaning "fog", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *tuman meaning "mist, fog".... [more]
TumanoyfUzbek Derived from Uzbek tuman meaning "mist, haze" and oy meaning "moon".
Tumarf & mKazakh, Kyrgyz Derived from the Kazakh and Kyrgyz noun tumar meaning "amulet". This name is unisex in both countries, but more often given to females than to males.
Tümenm & fMongolian, Yakut Means "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" in Mongolian and Yakut, the attributive form of Mongolian түм (tüm). Among the Mongol and Turkic peoples, a tümen (tumen in English) was historically also a social and military unit of 10,000 households and soldiers.... [more]
Tümen-amgalanmMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and амгалан (amgalan) meaning "peace, calm".
TümenbaatarmMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and баатар (baatar) meaning "hero".
Tümenbayarm & fMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and баяр (bayar)# meaning "celebration, joy".
Tümenbilegf & mMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and билэг (bileg) meaning "gift, talent, aptitude".
Tümendemberelf & mMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and дэмбэрэл (demberel) meaning "herald, (good) omen".
Tümennasanm & fMongolian Means "eternity" or "ten thousand years old" in Mongolian, from түм (tüm) meaning "myriad, ten thousand" and нас (nas) meaning "age, life".
Tümenölziim & fMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and өлзий (ölzii) meaning "luck, blessing".
Tümensaikhanm & fMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and сайхан (saikhan) meaning "nice, beautiful, handsome".
Tümensanaam & fMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and санаа (sanaa) meaning "thought, idea, plan".
TümentsetsegfMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".
Tümentsogtm & fMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and цогт (tsogt) meaning "spirited, ardent".
Tümenzhargalm & fMongolian From Mongolian түмэн (tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Tumu-te-ana-oafPolynesian Mythology The personfication of echoes in Cook Islands mythology. Her name means "the cause of the call or voice heard from caves", from tumu meaning "cause", oa meaning "voice" and ana meaning "caves".
TunevelfMedieval Breton Variant of Tunvel, which is of uncertain meaning (perhaps earlier Dunvael).
TùngmVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 松 (tùng) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
TungamTurkish Mostly known as a name of Alp Er Tunga who is is a mythical hero and one of the great leader in old Turkish history and Turkic literature. He is mentioned as a khan of Saka (Scythia)... [more]
TungalagfMongolian Means "serenity, clarity", "light, white, bright" or "transparent, crystalline, clear" in Mongolian.
TungalagchimegfMongolian From Mongolian тунгалаг (tungalag) meaning "serenity, clarity" or "clear, unclouded, transparent" and чимэг (chimeg) meaning "decoration, ornament".
Tungalagchuluunf & mMongolian From Mongolian тунгалаг (tungalag) meaning "serenity, clarity" or "clear, unclouded, transparent" and чулуун (chuluun) meaning "stone".
TungalaggerelfMongolian From Mongolian тунгалаг (tungalag) meaning "serenity, clarity" or "clear, unclouded, transparent" and гэрэл (gerel) meaning "light".
TungalagsaikhanfMongolian From Mongolian тунгалаг (tungalag) meaning "serenity, clarity" or "clear, unclouded, transparent" and сайхан (saikhan) meaning "nice, beautiful, handsome".
Tungalagtamirf & mMongolian From Mongolian тунгалаг (tungalag) meaning "serenity, clarity" or "clear, unclouded, transparent" and тамир (tamir) meaning "energy, health, strength".
TungalagtuyaafMongolian From Mongolian тунгалаг (tungalag) meaning "serenity, clarity" or "clear, unclouded, transparent" and туяа (tuyaa) meaning "ray, beam (of light)"
TunnawiyafHittite Of uncertain etymology, but possibly using the Luwian suffix wiya ("woman"). Name borne by a ritual practitioner known from several compositions bearing her name.
TunnemEstonian Form of Tauno. It also coincides with the Estonian word for "to touch".
TuonetarfFinnish Mythology Tuonetar is the Queen of the Underworld in Finnish mythology. She is the wife of Tuoni, with whom she rules over the Underworld Tuonela.
TườngmVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 祥 (tường) meaning "good luck, good omen".
Tuovif & mFinnish Derived from the place name Tuovila "village of Tove", a village in Finland. It was invented by the Finnish author Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen for a character of his novel "Pohjan-Piltti" (1859).
TupãmTupi Known as the supreme god in Guarani mythology.
TupelofObscure From the name of a type of tree, derived from Creek ito meaning "tree" and opilwa meaning "swamp", for which the city of Tupelo, Mississippi, was named. This is borne by American author Tupelo Hassman... [more]