Names starting with T

Variant of Tammy.

Variant of Tammy.

Hebrew form of Dumuzi. The name of the god appears in the Book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament.

Short form of Tamara and other names beginning with Tam.

Contracted form of Tamara.

Means "miracle" in Amharic.

Variant of Tamsin.

Contracted form of Thomasina. It was traditionally used in Cornwall.

Variant of Tamsin.

Means "rain" in Quechua.

Variant of Tamsin.

Diminutive of Taťána.

Norman form of the Germanic name Thancrat meaning "thought and counsel", derived from the elements thank meaning "thought, consideration, thanks"...

French form of Tancred. This is the name of a 1702 opera by André Campra based on Torquato Tasso's epic poem Jerusalem Delivered. It is also the name...

Italian form of Tancred appearing in the epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580) by Torquato Tasso. The tale was adapted by Gioachino Rossini for his...

Portuguese and Spanish form of Tancred.

Means "man" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology Tāne was the god of forests and light. He was the son of the sky god Rangi and the...

Variant of Tanika.

Estonian form of Daniel.

Finnish form of Daniel.

From Turkish tan meaning "dawn" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".

Variant of Tanisha.

Meaning unknown. In Polynesian mythology he was the god of the sea, the son of Rangi and Papa. He separated his parents' embrace, creating the earth...

Breton form of Tanguy.

From Breton tan "fire" and gi "dog". This was the name of a 6th-century Breton saint.

From Welsh tanc "peace" and gwystl "hostage, pledge". This name was borne by a mistress of the 13th-century Welsh ruler Llywelyn the Great.

Catalan form of Tanya.

Portuguese form of Tanya.

Variant of Tanya.

Western Armenian transcription of Daniel.

Invented name, probably modelled on the sounds found in other names like Tamika, Tanisha and Tanya.

From the name of a legendary bird, similar to an eagle or a phoenix.

Combination of the popular phonetic elements ta, nee and qua.

Greek form of Tanith.

Popularized by the African-American actress Ta-Tanisha (1953-), born Shirley Cummings. The name spiked in popularity in the early 1970s, when she was...

Variant of Tanith.

Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Phoenician goddess of love, fertility, the moon and the stars. She was particularly associated with the...

An invented name, based on the sounds of names such as Tanisha and Shania.

Probably from the Russian name Tanya.

Variant of Tanya.

German form of Tancred.

From an English surname signifying "one who tans hides".

From the name of the flower, which is derived via Old French from Late Latin tanacita.

Means "slender" in Sanskrit.

Means "slender woman", derived from Sanskrit तनु (tanu) meaning "slender".

Russian diminutive of Tatiana. It began to be used in the English-speaking world during the 1930s.

A variant of Tansy.

From Chinese 涛 (tāo) meaning "large waves", as well as other characters with a similar pronunciation.

Means "we are thankful" in Tumbuka.

Derived from Sanskrit तपन (tapana) meaning "warming, burning, heating".

Finnish form of Stephen.

Possibly means "drop" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Taphath was a daughter of Solomon.

Meaning unknown. Tapio was the Finnish god of forests, animals, and hunting.

Means "given" in Shona.

Means "moon" in Inuktitut.

Anglicized form of the Irish place name Teamhair, which possibly means "elevated place". This was the name of the sacred hill near Dublin where the...

Means "star" in Sanskrit. Tara is the name of a Hindu astral goddess, the wife of Brhaspati. She was abducted by Chandra, the god of the moon,...

Variant of Tara 1.

Means "thunder" in Welsh, from the old Celtic root *toranos. It appears briefly in the Second Branch of the Mabinogi [1]. The name is cognate to that...

Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Təranə.