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Tähiste EstonianTähiste is an Estonian surname derived from "tähis" meaning "sign" and "symbol".
Tahk EstonianTahk is an Estonian surname meaning both "face/facet" or "aspect" and "whetstone".
Taibi SicilianTaibi is a Sicilian nickname for a robust person; from Arabic
ṭayyib "in good health".
Tailwal IndianTailwal is a Garhwali Brahmin surname used in the state of Uttarakhand. Tailwal are Kanyakubja Brahmin. They came from western-Central part of India and settled in Taila village of Garhwal in 1600.
Taim EstonianTaim is an Estonian surname meaning "plant", "herb" and "seedling".
Taiminen FinnishDerived from Finnish
taimi meaning "sapling, young tree, plant".
Taitano ChamorroMeaning "one without land" from Chamorro tai, prefix meaning "to be without", and tano meaning "land".
Taitingfong ChamorroMeans "without counting" from Chamorro
tai meaning "without, not having" and
tufong meaning "count".
Tajbakhsh PersianDerived from Persian تاج
(taj) meaning "crown" and بخش
(bakhsh) meaning "part, portion, section".
Tajiri JapaneseFrom Japanese 田
(ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 尻
(shiri) "behind, end, rear".
Taka JapaneseFrom Japanese
taka, meaning "high, tall". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Takafuji JapaneseFrom Japanese 高 (
taka) meaning "high" and 藤 (
fuji) meaning "wisteria".
Takagaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 高 (
taka) meaning "high" and 垣 (
gaki) meaning "fence".
Takagiri Japanese高 (Taka) means "high, tall, expensive" and giri is a variant of 桐 (
Kiri) meaning "foxglove, paulownia tree".... [
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Takahata Japanese高 (Taka) means "expensive, tall, high" and 畑 (hata) means "field, farmland".... [
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Takahide Japanese (Rare)Taka means "eagle" such as in surname "Takasu" but more commonly means "tall,high" instead. Hide means "fine,excellence". This must be one of the very few Japanese surnames that has "Hide" in it. It is mostly just a first name element... [
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Takahoshi JapaneseFrom Japanese 高 (
Taka) meaning "tall, high" and 星 (
Hoshi) meaning "star" or other kanji with the same pronunciation.
Takai JapaneseFrom the Japanese 高 (
taka) "high," "expensive" and 井 (
i) "well."
Takakuwa JapaneseFrom the Japanese 高 (
taka) "high," "tall," "expensive" and 桑 (
kuwa) "mulberry tree."
Takamachi JapaneseA surname of Japanese origin. It means "high town". Notable bearers are Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Shiro and Miyuki Takamachi from Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever.
Takamaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, book, roll up, tie" or 高巻 (takamaki) meaning "to detour around a waterfall"
Takamaru JapaneseThis surname is used as 高丸 with 高 (kou, taka.i, taka, -daka, taka.maru, taka.meru) meaning "expensive, high, tall" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."... [
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Takami JapaneseTaka means "High, Tall, Expensive" and Mi means "Viewing, See, Outlook".
Takamitsu Japanese"Taka" is high or tall, "Mitsu" is light (as in sunlight, lightbulb). This is a rare family name in Japan. It was created by a family within that last century, but strangely enough a couple other families with no blood relation have showed up with that surname within the last 20 years in the Japanese phonebook.
Takamura JapaneseTaka means "high, expensive, tall" and mura means "hamlet, village".
Takao Japanese高 (Taka) means "high, tall, expensive" and 尾 (o) means "tail".... [
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Takasato JapaneseTaka means "tall, high, expensive" and sato means "village, hamlet, type of measurement, league, parent's home".
Takase JapaneseTaka means "high, tall" and se means "current, riffle".
Takase JapaneseFrom Japanese 高
(taka) meaning "tall, high" and 瀬
(se) meaning "rapids, current".
Takasu JapaneseTakasu is a surname that means "Hawk's nest". Taka alone means "hawk"(and others not used for this)and Su is the "nest".
Takasu JapaneseFrom Japanese 高
(taka) meaning "tall, high" and 須
(su) meaning "necessary".
Takatsuki JapaneseFrom Japanese 高 (
taka) meaning "tall, expensive" combined with 月 (
tsuki) meaning "moon, month" or 槻 (
tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree".
Takatsutsumi JapaneseTaka means "high, tall, expensive" and tsutsumi means "river, bank, enbankment, dike".
Takaura JapaneseTaka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".
Takayasu JapaneseTaka means "tall, high" and yasu means "cheap, inexpensive, relax"
Takazato Japanese高 (Taka) means "high, expensive, tall" and zato is a variant of 里 (sato) meaning "type of measurement, village, league, parent's home". ... [
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Takebe JapaneseFrom Japanese 武
(take) meaning "military, martial" and 部
(be) meaning "part, section".
Takehara Japanese (Rare)Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.
Takei JapaneseFrom Japanese 武
(take) meaning "military, martial" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Takei JapaneseFrom Japanese 竹
(take) meaning "bamboo" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Takemizu JapaneseFrom Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Takeshita JapaneseMeaning ‘(one who lives) beneath the bamboo’; it was originally pronounced Takenoshita and taken from a village of that name in Suruga (now part of Shizuoka prefecture). The original bearers were descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Kuzuyama family... [
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Taketa JapaneseFrom Japanese 武
(take) meaning "military, martial" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Taki Japanese (Rare)Tami means "Waterfall". This is occasionally a first name too,as a matter of a fact,neither of them are common.
Taki JapaneseFrom Japanese 滝 or 瀧
(taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids".
Takigawa JapaneseFrom Japanese 滝 or 瀧
(taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 川
(kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Takiguchi JapaneseTaki means "waterfall" and guchi comes from kuchi meaning "mouth, opening".
Takiguchi JapaneseFrom Japanese 滝 or 瀧
(taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 口
(kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Takimoto JapaneseFrom Japanese 瀧
(taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本
(moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Takimura JapaneseTaki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Takino JapaneseTaki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".
Takinoue JapaneseTaki means "waterfall", no is a possessive particle meaning "therefore, of", and ue means "top, above, upper".
Takisaki JapaneseTaki means "waterfall" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Takiya Japanese (Rare)Taki (滝) means "waterfall", ya (谷) means "valley". One notable fictional character who bears this surname is Genji Takiya (滝谷 源治) from Crows Zero, this surname is very rare.
Takiyama JapaneseFrom Japanese 滝 (
taki) meaning "waterfall; rapids" and 山 (
yama) meaning "mountain".
Takizawa JapaneseTaki means "waterfall" and zawa comes from sawa meaning "marsh, swamp".
Takizawa JapaneseFrom Japanese 滝 or 瀧
(taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 沢 or 澤
(sawa) meaning "marsh".
Talavera SpanishSpanish: habitational name from any of several places named Talavera, especially Talavera de la Reina in Toledo province.
Talbert English, FrenchFrom a continental Germanic personal name composed of the elements
tal "valley" and
berth "bright".
Tali EstonianTali is an Estonian surname meaning both "winter" and "tackle" or "pulley".
Tall EstonianTall is an Estonian surname meaning both "lamb" and "stable/barn".
Tallant English (British, ?), Norman, IrishEnglish (of Norman origin) occupational name for a tailor or nickname for a good swordsman, from
taillant ‘cutting’, present participle of Old French
tailler ‘to cut’ (Late Latin
taliare, from
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Tallent EnglishHabitational name from Talland in Cornwall, which is thought to be named as ‘hill-brow church site’, from Cornish
tal +
lann.
Tallinn EstonianTallinn is an Estonian surname, derived from "Tallinn", the capital city of Estonia.
Tallón SpanishEither a Spanish variant of Catalan
Talló (see
Tallo) or a habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces called Tallón.
Tallon English, Irish, Norman, FrenchEnglish and Irish (of Norman origin), and French from a Germanic personal name derived from
tal ‘destroy’, either as a short form of a compound name with this first element (compare
Talbot) or as an independent byname... [
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Talts EstonianTalts is an Estonian surname, possibly deriving from "taltsas", meaning "tame".
Talu EstonianTalu is an Estonian surname meaning "farmstead".
Talukder BengaliFrom a title for land-owning aristocrats in the Mughal Empire and British Raj who were responsible for collecting taxes. The title itself was derived from Arabic تعلق
(ta'alluq) meaning "attachment, affiliation" combined with the Persian suffix دار
(-dar) indicating ownership.
Talumets EstonianTalumets is an Estonian surname literally meaning "farm (talu) forest (mets)"; a farmstead in or near a forest.
Talvet EstonianTalvet is an Estonian surname derived from "talve-" meaning "wintry".
Talvi EstonianTalvi is an Estonian surname meaning "winter" (from "talv", also a surname).
Talvik EstonianTalvik is an Estonian surname meaning "winter" (from "talv", also a surname).
Talwar IndianSikh name based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community, derived from Panjabitəlwār ‘sword’ (Sanskrit taravāri).
Tamada JapaneseFrom Japanese 玉
(tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tamai JapaneseFrom the Japanese 玉 (
tama) "ball," "bundle" and 井 (
i) "well."
Tamaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 玉
(tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" combined with 城
(ki) meaning "castle", 置
(ki) meaning "put, place, set", or 木
(ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Tamang TibetanTamang may be derived from the word Tamang, where Ta means "horse" and Mang means warrior in Tibetan. However there are no written documentations of Horse Rider naming nor present Tamang people have horse riding culture.
Tamang TamangFrom Tamang རྟ་དམག་ (
Ta Damag) meaning "Tamang", a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group.
Tamanishi JapaneseFrom Japanese 玉 (Tama) meaning "jewel; ball" and 西 (Nishi) meaning "west; Spain".
Tamano JapaneseFrom Japanese 玉
(tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" and 野
(no) meaning "field, wilderness" or 乃
(no), a possessive particle.