Names beginning with T
35 names, with meanings and origins. Part of a library of 1,000.
Tahpenes
Egyptian queen (1 Kings 11)
Egyptian/Hebrew
Tamannaah
Desire / wish (iconic Tamannaah Bhatia Telugu)
Urdu/Persian
Tamara
Date palm (Tamara de Lempicka, Art Deco painter)
Russian/Hebrew
Tameka
Twin (Tameka Cottle, Xscape + Tiny's wife)
American/Hebrew
Tammy
Palm tree (Tammy Faye Bakker; Tammy Duckworth, US Senator)
English/Hebrew
Tanisha
Born on Monday / ambition (Tanisha Mukherjee Bollywood)
American/Sanskrit
Tanit
Carthaginian sky goddess (national symbol)
Phoenician/Carthaginian
Tarsila
Brazilian modernist painter (do Amaral)
Portuguese/Latin
Tatiana
Of the Sabines
Russian/Latin
Tatjana
From the Tatius family
Russian/Latin
Tawny
Golden-brown (Tawny Kitaen; Tawny Cypress, Yellowjackets)
English/French
Taylor
Cloth-cutter (Taylor Swift, highest-grossing concert tour in history)
English/French
Temperance
Moderation (Puritan virtue; Temperance Brennan of Bones)
Latin/English
Therese
Harvester (Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus)
French/Greek
Thomasina
Twin (Tom Stoppard's Arcadia; feminine of Thomas)
Greek/Aramaic
Thoreau
Bull / strong (Henry David Thoreau; Walden)
French/English
Tia
Aunt (Tia Mowry, Sister Sister; Tia Carrere)
Spanish/Portuguese
Tiffany
Manifestation of God (peaked #13 in 1988; Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Greek/English
Tika
Sun, dot of vermilion
Indonesian/Sanskrit
Tin Hinan
Mother of the Tuareg people
Tuareg/Berber
Tinhinan
She of the tents, queen of nomads
Tuareg/Berber
Tirhas
Grace (Eritrean)
Eritrean/Tigrinya
Tisha
Joy (Tisha Campbell, Martin + My Wife and Kids)
English/Latin
Tomi
Worth more than (Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone)
Yoruba/English
Tonya
Priceless (Tonya Harding, Olympic figure skater; I, Tonya)
English/Latin
Tori
Bird (Tori Amos, alternative-rock pianist)
English/Japanese
Tory
Victory (Tory Burch, luxury fashion billionaire)
English/Latin
Tracee
Warrior (Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish; Pattern Beauty)
English/Greek
Tracy
Warlike (Tracy Chapman, Grammy-winning songwriter)
Irish/English
Travers
Crossing place (P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins author)
French/English
Treasure
Precious thing (Bruno Mars song + Treasure Island)
English/Greek
Tribhuwana
Three worlds (Majapahit queen who expanded the empire)
Javanese/Sanskrit
Trisha
Thirst, desire; noblewoman
Sanskrit/Latin
Trudy
Spear strength (Trudy Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel)
English/Germanic
Tshering
Long life
Tibetan/Bhutanese