TABEA (f) German short form of TABITHA
TABITHA (f) "gazelle" (Aramaic).
TAD
(m) Short form of THADDEUS
TADEUSZ (m) Polish form of THADDEUS
TADG (m) "poet" (Irish).
TAEGAN (m,f) Perhaps a diminutive of TADG, a variant of TEGWEN or an Irish form
of TIMOTHY
TAKESHI (m) "bamboo tree" (Japanese)
TALETTA (f) Variant of TALITHA
TALIA (f) "dew" from Hebrew tal
TALITHA (f) "little girl" (Aramaic).
TALLULAH (f) "leaping waters" (American Indian).
TALULLA (f) "abundance lady" from Gaelic Tuilelaith
TAMARA (f) "date palm" (Hebrew).
TAMI (f) Short form of TAMZEN, TAMARA or TAMIKA
TAMID (m) Form of MUHAMMAD
TAMIKA (f) Meaning unknown. Possibly a made-up name.
TAMMY (f) Variant of TAMI
TAMSIN (f) Feminine form of THOMAS
TAMSON (f) Form of TAMZEN
TAMZEN (f) Cornish feminine form of THOMAS
TANI (f) This name can mean several things in many different langauges:
"valley" (Japanese); "sweetheart" (Melanesian);
"youth" (Tonkinese); "bull that charges randomly"
(Andalusian)
TANJA (f) German short form of TATIANA
TANNER (m) "one who tans hides" (Old English). From a surname.
TANSY (f) English; from the name of the flower. The flower got it's name from
a shortening of ATHANASIA
TANYA (f) Short form of TATIANA
TANZI (f) Variant of TANSY
TARA (f) This name has several different sources. It can mean
"hill" (Gaelic). Tara was the name of the hill in Ireland where the
Irish kings resided. It can also mean "star" (Sanskrit).
TARAS (m) Russian form of the name Tarasios, which possibly means
"of Tarentum" (Greek). Tarentum is a town in Italy.
TAREK (m) Anglicized form of TARIQ
TARIQ (m) "he who pounds at the door" (Arabic). This is the Arabic
name of the morning star.
TARO (m) "first born son" (Japanese)
TARYN (f) A modern reshaping of the name TARA
TASHA (f) Short form of NATASHA or LATASHA
TATIANA (f) Meaning unknown (Latin).
TATIENNE (f) French form of TATIANA
TATTON (m) "Tate's town" (Old English), from a surname that was from
a place name.
TAU
(m) "lion" (African)
TAWNY (f) "light brown" (English)
TAYLOR (m) "a cutter of cloth" from Middle English taillour.
TEARACH (m) Form of TEARLACH
TEARLACH (m) "instigator" from Gaelic Toirdhealbhach. Also
possibly used as a Scottish form of CHARLES
TECLA (f) Form of THEKLA
TED
(m) Short form of EDWARD or THEODORE
TEGWEN (f) "fair blessed" from Welsh teg "fair" and gwen
"blessed".
TEMAN (m) "right hand" or "south" (Hebrew)
TEMANI (m) "of Teman" (Hebrew). Teman is a place name. It is
equivalent to Yemen, the name of a country on the Arabian peninsula.
TEMPERANCE (f) "temperance" (English). Temperance means moderation or
restraint.
TEMPEST (f) "storm" (English).
TEOFILO (m) Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of THEOPHILUS
TERA (f) Variant form of TERRA or TARA
TERCERO (m) "third" (Spanish).
TERENCE (m) "tender" or "gracious" from the Latin name Terentius.
TERESA (f) Spanish and Italian form of THERESA.
TERI (f) Short form of THERESA
TERO (m) Finnish form of TERRY
TERRA (f) "land" (Latin)
TERRANCE (m) Variant of TERENCE
TERRI (f) Short form of THERESA
TERRY (m,f) Short form of TERENCE or THERESA or French short form of THEODORE
TESS (f) Short form of THERESA.
TESSA (f) Short form of THERESA
TEUVO (m) Finnish short form of THEODORE
THAD (m) Short form of THADDEUS
THADDEUS (m) Meaning unknown (Aramaic).
THAIS (f) Meaning unknown (Greek).
THAN (m) Apparently a short form of THANATOS
THANATOS (m) "death" (Greek).
THEA (f) Short form of DOROTHEA
THEIRN (m) Possibly a Cajun French form of THEODORE
THEKLA (f) "god glory" from the Greek elements theos meaning
"god" and kleos meaning "glory".
THELMA (f) "nursling" or "infant" (Greek).
THEO (m) Short form of THEOBALD, THEODORIC or THEODOR
THEOBALD (m) "people bold" from Teutonic theud
"people" and bald "bold".
THEODORA (f) Feminine form of THEODORE.
THEODORE (m) "gift of God" (Greek).
THEODORIC (m) "ruler of the people" from Teutonic theud
"people" and ric "power".
THEOPHILUS (m) "friend of God" from Greek theos "god"
and philos "friend".
THERESA (f) "woman of Therasia" or "summer" (Greek).
THERON (m) "hunter" (Greek)
THESEUS (m) Meaning unknown (Greek).
THIERRY (m) French form of THEODORIC
THOMAS (m) "twin" (Aramaic).
THOMASINA (f) Feminine form of THOMAS
THOR (m) "thunder" (Old Norse). Thor was the Norse god of strength,
thunder, and war. He was armed with a hammer called Mjolnir, and wore an
enchanted belt which doubled his strength. The god Odin was his father.
THORBURN (m) "[dweller by] Thor's stream" (Teutonic). Thor was the
Norse god of strength and thunder.
THORIR (m) "man of Thor" (Teutonic). Thor was the Norse god of
strength and thunder.
THURAYYA (f) "the Pleiades" (Arabic).
THYRA (f) Variant of TYRA
THYRZA (f) Form of TIRZAH
TIA
(f) Short form of names ending with tia.
TIBERIUS (m) "of the Tiber" (Latin).
TIERNEY (m, f) "lord" (Gaelic)
TIFFANY (f) "manifestation of God" from Greek Theophania.
TIGER (m) English; from the name of the large striped cat.
TILL (f) Short form of NATILLE
TILLY (f) Short form of MATILDA
TIM
(m) Short form of TIMOTHY, TIMON, or TIMEUS.
TIMEUS (m) "perfect" (Greek)
TIMO (m) Finnish form of TIMOTHY or TIMON
TIMON (m) "worthy" (Greek)
TIMOTEUS (m) Greek form of TIMOTHY
TIMOTHA (f) Feminine form of TIMOTHY
TIMOTHY (m) "honour God" from Greek time "honour" and
theos "god".
TINA (f) Short form of CHRISTINA or KATINA
TIRZAH (f) "loveliness" (Hebrew).
TISHA (f) Short form of LATISHA
TITO (m) Italian form of TITUS
TITUS (m) Meaning unknown (Latin).
TIVOLI (?) Possibly from an Italian place name. Tivoli is a city near Rome.
TOBIAS (m) "the Lord is good" (Hebrew).
TOBY (m) Short form of TOBIAS or Welsh short form of THOMAS
TODD (m) "fox" from Middle English todde.
TOINI (f) Finnish form of ANTONIA
TOIVO (m) "hope" (Finnish)
TOM
(m) Short form of THOMAS.
TOMAS (m) Spanish, Norwegian and Swedish form of THOMAS
TOMER (m) "tall" (Hebrew)
TOMMASO (m) Italian form of THOMAS
TONI (f) Short form of ANTONIA
TONY (m) Short form of ANTHONY
TONYA (f) Short form of ANTONIA
TOPI (m) Finnish short form of TOBIAS
TOR
(m) Scandinavian form of THOR
TORA (f) Feminine form of TOR
TORHILD (f) "Thor battle" (Old Norse).
TORI (f) Short form of VICTORIA
TORIL (f) Form of TORHILD
TORQUIL (m) "Thor's helmet" (Old Norse)
TORSTEN (m) "Thor's stone" (Old Norse). Thor was the Norse god of
strength and thunder.
TOVIA (f) Feminine form of TOBIAS
TRACEY (f) Form of TRACY
TRACY (f,m) "path" or "road" (French). Also taken as a
short form of THERESA
TRANTER (m) "wagoneer" (Old English). From a surname.
TRAVIS (m) "toll collector" (Middle English). From a surname.
TRECIA (f) Form of TRICIA
TREFOR (m) Original Welsh form of TREVOR
TRENT (m) "[dweller by the] Trent" (Old English), from a surname
which denoted someone who lived near the River Trent in England.
TRESHA (f) Form of TRICIA
TREVOR (m) "big village" from Welsh tref "village"
and mawr "large".
TRIA (f) Short form of DEMETRIA
TRICIA (f) Short form of PATRICIA
TRINA (f) Short form of CATRINA
TRINI (f) Short form of TRINIDAD
TRINIDAD (f) "trinity" (Latin).
TRINITY (f) From the English word Trinity, given in honour of the
Christian belief that God has three states of being: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit.
TRISHA (f) Form of TRICIA
TRISTA (f) Feminine form of TRISTAN
TRISTAN (m) "riot" or "tumult" from Celtic drest.
Sometimes associated with "sad" from Latin tristus, but this
is doubtful. In Celtic legend Tristan was sent to Ireland in order to fetch
Isolde, who was to be the bride of King Mark of Cornwall. Tristan and Isolde
end up falling in love.
TRISTRAM (m) Form of TRISTAN
TROY (m) "from Troyes" (French), from a surname.
TRUDY (f) Short form of GERTRUDE
TULLIO (m) Meaning unknown (Latin). From a Roman family name.
TULLY (m) Possibly form of TULLIO
TUOR (m) "strength vigour" (Sindarin).
TURIN (m) "victory mood" (Sindarin).
TURLOUGH (m) Anglicized form of TEARLACH
TWYLA (f) Meaning unknown. Perhaps a modern construction based on
"twilight" (English).
TYCHO (m) "hitting the mark" (Greek).
TYE
(m) "pasture" (Middle English). From a surname.
TYLER (m) "a tiler of roofs" (Middle English). From a surname.
TYR
(f) "god" (Old Norse).
TYRA (f) "Tyr battle" (Old Norse).
TYRONE (m) "from Tyrone" (Celtic).
TYSON (m) "son of Tyr" (Teutonic), from a surname.
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