TabekenamunfMeroitic Possibly derives from the Egyptian name Beketamun, which means "The Handmaid of Amun". Name borne by a Nubian queen who lived during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.
TahonafGuanche Allegedly means "here is the one from the abode" in Guanche. It was borne by a 5-year-old Guanche girl sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1497.
Takanaf & mJapanese From Japanese 貴 (taka) meaning "expensive" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" (mostly feminine) or 己 (na) meaning "male" (mostly masculine). Other combinations of kanji are also possible.
TamonantefGuanche From Guanche *tamannant, meaning "woman who knows to read" (literally "she who spells"). Tamonante was the daughter of Tibiabin, a priestess.
Tamphasannam & fManipuri Derived from the Meitei tampha meaning "jewel" and sana meaning "gold, precious".
TamunafGeorgian This name is often a pet form of Tamar, but it can also be a name in its own right. In that case, it is derived from Arabic تأمين (ta'min) meaning "insurance", which itself is ultimately derived from Arabic أمن (amn) meaning "security, peace"... [more]
TanabosmArthurian Cycle, Literature A necromancer who lived in Britain some time between the time of Joseph of Arimathea and Uther Pendragon. He was hailed as the greatest magician ever to reside on the island, save Merlin.... [more]
TanagrafGreek Mythology The name of a daughter of Asopos and a naiad of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Tanagra in Boioti. Her name is taken from that place.
TanamifEnglish (Australian, Rare) Transferred use of the name of the Tanami Desert, a desert in northern Australia, situated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The name itself is an Anglicized form of Warlpiri Chanamee "never die", referring to certain rock holes in the desert which were said never to run dry.
Tananf & mMongolian Means "pearlaceous, pearly" in Mongolian, derived from тана (tana) meaning "mother-of-pearl, nacre".
TanandrafPortuguese (Brazilian, Rare) Tanandra was apparently invented and has no meaning. It may be a junction names such as Tanya + Sandra, or a composition from the parent's name, for example, Tancred + Leandra. It can be inspired by other names with Andra, as Cassandra for example... [more]
TanaquillfLiterature Variant of Tanaquil used in Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590), where it belongs to a daughter of Oberon who becomes the fairy queen Gloriana.
TanatarmKazakh Means "born before dawn", derived from Kazakh таң (tañ) "dawn, daybreak".
Tanatswam & fShona Means "we have been perfected" in Shona.
TanausismGothic Tanausis was a legendary king of the Goths, according to Jordanes's Getica (5.47). The 19th-century scholar Alfred von Gutschmid assigned his reign to 1323 BC - 1290 BC. According to the Getica, he was the Gothic king who halted the advance of the Egyptian armies of the Egyptian king Sesostris (whom Jordanes calls Vesosis)... [more]
TanausúmSpanish (Canarian), Guanche Name of a Guanche ruler from the island of La Palma, known for his fierce resistance against the Castillians during the conquest of the Canary Islands in the 15th century. This name had a revival in the 1980's.
TənayfAzerbaijani Means "steady moon, even moon" in Azerbaijani.
TanaymSanskrit Sanskrit name meaning son or belonging to one's family.
TanayafIndian, Hindi Derived from Sanskrit tanaya (तनया ) "daughter" or "belonging to one's family; this child of mine".
Tanaydinm & fTurkish Derived from the Turkish tan meaning "dawn, daybreak" and aydın meaning "intellectual".
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.
TarainafTahitian Tahitian name, composed by "tara", meaning "star" or "light" and "aina", meaning "earth". Hence the meaning is "star on earth" or "light on earth".
TaranafHausa Given for females who are born during the day.
TarianafMaori Possibly derived from Maori tāriana meaning "stallion".... [more]
TatianafLate Greek, Greek, Georgian Derived from Attic Greek τάττω (tatto) meaning "to place in order, to arrange, to form". This name is not to be confused with the Latin name Tatiana.
TatsunaomJapanese From 立 (tatsu) meaning "erect, rise, set up, stand up" or 建 (tatsu) meaning "build" combined with 由 (nao) meaning "reason, cause, purpose, logic", 順 (nao) meaning "obedience, order, sequence" or 直 (nao) meaning "straight, direct"... [more]
TatsunarimJapanese From Japanese 達 (tatsu) meaning "achieve" or 樹 (tatsu) meaning "timber trees, wood" combined with 成 (nari) meaning "to become". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
TatyjanafRussian (Magyarized) Magyarised form of Tatyana. This is used exclusively as a spelling from Russian, and is not the form Hungarians use. For the Hungarian form of Tatyana, see Tatjána.
TautminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from Baltic tauta meaning "people, nation" (see Vytautas). The second element is derived from the Lithuanian verb minėti meaning "to celebrate" as well as "to remember, to commemorate".
Tava'esinafSamoan Derived from the Samoan tava'e meaning "tropical bird" and sina meaning "white, grey, silver".
TawanannafHittite Of uncertain etymology. This was the personal name of a Hittite queen, which was consequently used as a title for all subsequent Hittite queens.
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.
TehatnafAncient Hebrew meaning unknown but is possibly derived from the root חתן (hatan) meaning "to get married", this name could mean "(you will get her) married"
TekinafJapanese From Japanese 適 (teki) meaning "suitable, appropiate, fit" combine with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Tenampim & fNahuatl Possibly means "son/daughter of god".
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".
TenayafAmerican (Modern, Rare) This has been in rare use as a feminine given name in the United States since the 1970s. It is possibly taken from the name of a lake in Yosemite, California, which was itself named for a 19th-century chief of the Ahwahnechee (a Miwok people of the Yosemite Valley), whose name may be derived from Central Sierra Miwok taná·ya- meaning "evening star".
TenayamMiwok Possibly from Central Sierra Miwok taná·ya- meaning "evening star". This was the name of a 19th-century Miwok chief for whom Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park was named.
TernanmHistory (Ecclesiastical) Saint Ternan is venerated as the "Bishop of the Picts". Not much is known of his life; different historians place him either at the mid-fifth century or the latter part of the sixth. Those who place him in the earlier period, associate him with Palladius.