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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