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TACHIBANA     Japanese
Means "wild orange" in Japanese.
TAFANI     Italian
From a nickname tàfano meaning "gadfly", indicating an annoying person.
TAGGART     Irish, Scottish
Anglicization of the Irish language surname Mac an tSagairt, meaning "son of the priest"... [more]
TÄHTINEN     Finnish
Means "son of TÄHTI".
TAILLER     French
Means "tailor" from the Old French taillere.
TAILOR     English
Variant of TAYLOR
TAKÁCS     Hungarian
Means "weaver, webster" in Hungarian.
TAKAHASHI     Japanese
Means "high bridge".
TAKALA     Finnish
Means "(dweller in the) back", probably denoting someone who lived in a remote area, from the Finnish taka.
TAKENAKA     Japanese
Means "(dweller in the) middle of bamboo".
TAMÀRO     Italian
From German Latinized given names like DIETMAR, Dittmar and so on... [more]
TAMÁS     Hungarian
Derived from the given name TAMÁS.
TAMBOIA     Italian
Possibly means "drummer" from the Italian tamburo.
TAMBOLI     Indian
From the Sanskrit word tambul meaning "beetel leaves"... [more]
TANAKA     Japanese
Means "(dweller in the) middle of rice fields", from ta "rice field", and naka "in".
TANG     Chinese
From the Chinese Tang Dynasty.
TANGEMAN     German
Means "from Tange, Oldenburg" or "(dweller on) a sandy ridge between moors" from the Middle High German tange.
TANNER     English
Originally derived from the occupation of the same name - a person who tanned animal hides.
TANZER     German
Means "dancer" in German.
TANZI     Italian
From a short form of the given name COSTANZO (see also the surname COSTANZO).
TAPIA     Spanish
In Spanish Tapia means "protective wall" like the kind built to protect castles in medieval times.
TAR     Hungarian
Derived from the word tar that means "bald" in Hungarian.
TARANTINO     Italian
Locational name that designates those who came from Taranto, a city in southeast Italy... [more]
TARR     Hungarian
Variant of TAR
TASH     English
From Middle English at asche "at the ash tree".
TASKER     English
Middle English taske meaning "task or assignment"... [more]
TASSE     French
Means "maker or seller of purses and bags" or a nickname for a miser or rich man from the Old French tasse.
TATE     English
Derived from the Old English given name Tata, of unknown meaning.
TATHAM     English
From the locational name Tatham which come from the 7th-century given name Tata and ham meaning "homestead".
TAVERNA     Italian
From a place name Taverna, common in different parts of Italy.
TAWFEEK     Arabic
Means "good fortune".
TAYLOR     English
Derived from Old French tailleur, meaning "tailor", ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".
TEAGAN     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Tadhgáin, meaning "descendent of TADHGÁN".
TEAGUE (1)     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Taidhg, meaning "descendent of TADHG".
TEAGUE (2)     Cornish
Means "fair, beautiful" from the Cornish word tek.
TEDESCO     Italian
From the Italian word tedesco meaning "German".
TEEL     English
Means "teal, duck" from the Middle English tele.
TEKE (1)     Turkish
Means "from Teke, Turkey".
TEKE (2)     Turkish
Means "goat (herder)" from the Turkish teke.
TENNFJORD     Norwegian
Originally denoted a person from Tennfjord, Norway.
TENNISON     English
Means "son of DENIS".
TENNYSON     English
Means "son of DENIS".
TER AVEST     Dutch
Means "at the forest edge" or "at the shelter".
TERRANOVA     Italian
Means "new land".
TERRAZAS     Spanish
Means "from Terrazas, Burgos", the place name Terrazas means "terraces".
TERRELL     English
Probably derived from the Norman French nickname tirel "to pull", referring to a stubborn person.
TERRY     English
Derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of THEODORIC.
TERZI (1)     Italian
From the given name TERZO, or a name for a third child.
TERZI (2)     Turkish
From a Turkish word meaning "tailor".
TESAR     Czech, Slovak
Means "carpenter" in Czech and Slovak.
TESARIK     Czech, Slovak
Diminutive of TESAR.
TESSARO     Italian
Occupational surname meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.
TESTA     Italian
From an Italian nickname meaning "head".
TEUFEL     German
From a nickname meaning "devil", given to a mischievous person or one who is devil-like.
TEUNISSEN     Dutch
Means "son of TEUNIS".
THACKER     English
Means "roofer, thatcher" in northern Middle English, a variant of THATCHER
THATCHER     English
Refers to a person who thatches roofs by attaching straw to them.
THAYER     French
Americanized form of TAILLER.
THEUNISSEN     Dutch
Means "son of THEUNIS".
THIBAULT     French
Derived from the given name THIBAULT.
THOLBERG     Dutch
Possibly means "Thol's hill" from the given name Thol, a diminutive of THEODORIC.
THOMAS     English, French
Derived from the given name THOMAS.
THOMPSETT     English
Diminutive form of THOMAS.
THOMPSON     English
Means "son of THOMAS".
THOMSON     English
Variant of THOMPSON
THORBURN     English, Scottish
Derived from the Old Norse given name ÞÓRBJÖRN.
THORIRSSON     Icelandic
Means "son of ÞÓRIR".
THORN     English, Danish
Originally applied to a person who lived in or near a thorn bush.
THORNE     English
Variant of THORN
THORPE     English
From old Norse þorp "village".
THORSEN     Danish
Means "son of THOR".
THRUSSELL     English
From Old English þrostle meaning "having the characteristics of a song thrush"... [more]
THURSTAN     English
Derived from the Old Norse name ÞÓRSTEINN.
THWAITE     English
Means "dweller in a forest clearing, fenced off enclosure or low meadows" from the Old Norse Þveit.
TIEDEMAN     Low German
Derived from the given name DIEDERICK.
TIERNEY     Irish
From the Irish Gaelic Ó Tíghearnaigh, meaning "descendent of TIGHEARNACH".
TIFFT     English, German
Variant of TOFT
TIGHE     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó TAIDHG.
TILKI     Turkish
From a nickname meaning "fox".
TILLENS     Dutch, Flemish, German
From the Germanic name Thietilo, a medieval diminutive of DIETRICH.
TÍMÁR     Hungarian
Occupational name that means "tanner" in Hungarian.
TIMBERLAKE     English
From an English place name meaning (obviously) "timber lake".
TIMOTHYSON     English
Means "son of TIMOTHY".
TINKER     English
Occupational name for a "mender of kettles, pots, pans"... [more]
TIPTON     English
Given to one who came from town of Tipton (which means "town of Tibba").
TIRABOSCHI     Italian
Originally a nickname for a woodcutter... [more]
TIRRELL     English
Variant of TERRELL
TIRYAKI     Turkish
From a nickname meaning "addict" or "stubborn".
TISZA     Hungarian
From the river name Tisza, Hungary's second largest river.
TITTENSOR     English, Welsh
Indicated a person from Tittensor, England... [more]
TIVOLI     Italian
Derived from the town of Tivoli, near Rome.
TJÄDER     Swedish
Means "magpie" in Swedish.
TOBIAS     English, French, German, Jewish
From the given name TOBIAS.
TOBIN     English
From a diminutive of the given name TOBIAS.
TOD     English
Variant of TODD
TODARO     Italian
From a regional form of a given name Todaro, a variant of TEODORO... [more]
TODD     English
Means "fox", derived from Middle English todde.
TODOROV     Bulgarian
Means "son of TODOR".
TOFT     English
Denotes a person hailing from one of the many places in Britain of that name.
TOIVONEN     Finnish
Derived from the Old Finnish given name Toivo meaning "hope".
TOLBERT     English, French
Derived from a continental Germanic given name of unknown meaning, the second element of the name is derived from berht meaning "bright, famous".
TOLEDANO     Jewish
Derived from the name of the city of Toledo, during the banishing of the Jews of Spain into Morroco and Africa, they kept their last names which signify the city of origin in Spain.
TOLKIEN     German
Derived from the Saxon Tollkühn, meaning "foolhardy"... [more]
TOLLEMACHE     English
Means "knapsack" in Old French.
TOLLER     English
Occupational name meaning "tax gatherer" from the Middle English toll.
TOLONI     Italian
Derived from the given name BARTHOLOMEW.
TOLVAJ     Hungarian
Means "thief" in Hungarian.
TOMÀS     Catalan
From the Catalan given name Tomàs (see THOMAS).
TOMASSON     Swedish
Means "son of TOMAS".
TOMČIĆ     Croatian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name TOMA (2).
TOMČIČ     Slovene
Derived from a diminutive of the given name TOMA (2).
TOMOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of TOMA (2)".
TOOV     Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse given name Tófi which was a diminutive of any name that began with the element Þórr referring to the god THOR.
TORDAI     Hungarian
Derives from the name of a town called Torda... [more]
TORNINCASA     Italian
From a medieval name, generally given to a boy born after the death of a previous one... [more]
TÖRÖK     Hungarian
Means "Turkish" in Hungarian.
TOROSIAN     Armenian
Means "son of Toros (THEODORE)" in Armenian.
TORRES     Portuguese, Spanish
Given to a person who lived in or near a tower, from Latin turris.
TOS     Spanish
Means "clean-shaven", usually denoting a younger man, from the Latin tonsus.
TOSELL     Catalan
Variant of TOS
TOSELLI     Italian
Variant of TOS
TOSET     Catalan
Variant of TOS
TOSETTI     Italian
Variant of TOS
TOSI     Italian
Variant of TOS
TOSTO     Italian
From a nickname indicating a "stubborn person".
TÓT     Hungarian
Derived from tót that is a nickname for Slovaks in Hungary.
TÓTH     Hungarian
Variant of TÓT
TOWNER     English
Variant of TOLLER
TOWNSEND     English
Means "dweller at the town's end".
TRACEY (1)     English
From the village of Tracy-sur-mer on the Normandy coast in France... [more]
TRACEY (2)     Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Treasaigh meaning "descendent of TREASACH".
TRAIYLOR     English
Variant of TAYLOR
TRẦN     Vietnamese
From the Chinese surname CHEN... [more]
TRAN     Vietnamese
Simplified variant of TRẦN
TRAPANI     Italian
From the name of the Sicilian city of Trapani.
TRASK     English, Scottish
Originally indicated a person from Thirsk, England.
TRAVER     French
French variant of TRAVERS
TRAVERE     French
French variant of TRAVERS
TRAVERS     English, French
From an English and French place name that described a person who lived near a bridge or ford, or occasionally as an occupational name for the collector of tolls at such a location... [more]
TRAVERSA     Italian
Italian variant of TRAVERS
TRAVERSE     French
French variant of TRAVERS
TRAVERSI     Italian
Italian variant of TRAVERS
TRAVERSINI     Italian
Italian variant of TRAVERS
TRAVERSO     Italian
Italian variant of TRAVERS
TRAVERT     French
French variant of TRAVERS
TRAVES     English
English variant of TRAVERS
TRAVIESO     Spanish
Spanish variant of TRAVERS
TRAVIS     English
English variant of TRAVERS
TRAVISS     English
English variant of TRAVERS
TRAYLOR     English
Variant of TAYLOR
TREACY     Irish
Variant of TRACEY (2).
TRELOAR     English
Means "from Treloar (Cornwall), England".
TREMBLAY     French
From a collective form of the word tremble "aspen".
TREMBLE     French
Derived from an old French place name which meant "aspen".
TRENGOVE     English
Means "from Trengove (Farm), Cornwall".
TRENT     English
Denoted one who lived near the River Trent in England.
TRESLER     German
Means "treasurer".
TREVIS     English
English variant of TRAVERS
TREVOR     Welsh
Originally from a place name meaning "big village" from Welsh tref "village" and mawr "large".
TRIFONOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of Trifon", Trifon being the Bulgarian variant of TRYPHON.
TRIGGS     English
From a nickname meaning "loyal" (Old Norse triggr).
TRITTEN     German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a step or flight of steps, from Middle High German trit "step".
TROELSEN     Danish
Means "son of TROELS".
TRUCCO     Italian
From the place name Trucco (near Genoa) or Trucco di Miola (near Turin)... [more]
TRUDU     Italian
Derives from the Sardinian tordo and it means "thrush", a bird.
TRUEMAN     English
Variant of TRUMAN
TRUJILLO     Spanish
Means "from Trujillo (Cáceres), Trujillo (Seville), Spain".
TRUMAN     English
Means "trusty man" in Middle English... [more]
TRUMBAUER     German
Means "strong neighbour, peasant" from the German trum "strong" and bauer "peasant, neighbour".
TSCHIDA     German
Derived from a Slavic given name of unknown origin.
TSUKINO     Japanese
Means "moon field"... [more]
TSUKUDA     Japanese
Means "cultivated rice field".
TSVETANOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of TSVETAN".
TSVETKOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of TSVETKO".
TUCKER     English
Derived from Old English tucian meaning "one who fulls cloth".
TUFF     English
Variant of TUFT
TUFT     English
Means "(dweller by) a clump of trees or bushes" from the Middle English tufte, tuffe.
TUMICELLI     Italian
Diminutive form of the given name TOMMASO.
TUNISON     Dutch
Americanized form of TUNNESON.
TUNNESON     Dutch
Means "son of Teunis", Teunis is a shortened form of ANTHONY.
TUPPER     English
Means "rammer (one who beat and rammed with rammers)" from the word tups... [more]
TURATI     Italian
Locative origin from the name of the town of Turate near Como... [more]
TURCHI     Italian
Means "Turkish" in Italian.
TURNBULL     English, Scottish
Nickname for someone thought to be strong enough to turn around a bull.
TURNER     English
Occupational name meaning "one who works with a lathe".
TYLER     English
Occupational name meaning "tiler of roofs", from Old English tigele "tile"... [more]
TYRELL     English
Variant of TERRELL
TYRRELL     English
Variant of TERRELL
TYSON (1)     English
Derived from a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French tison meaning "firebrand".
TYSON (2)     English
Variant of DYSON

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