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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.
Tamaru JapaneseFrom Japanese 田
(ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 丸
(maru) meaning "whole, complete".
Tamashiro JapaneseMeans "jewel castle" or "ball castle" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 玉 (jewel, ball) and 城 (castle). This surname is of Okinawan origin.
Tamatsuki Japanese (Rare)This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."
Tamazight Berber, Northern AfricanDerived from ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ
(Tamaziɣt), the Berber (Amazigh) name for the collective Berber language family used in North Africa.
Tambor JewishDerived from German
Tambour "drummer in a regiment", ultimately via French
tambour from Old French
tambor "drum".
Tambunan BatakDerived from Batak
tambun meaning "large, many" or "hill, heap, mound".
Tameishi Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 為 (
tame) meaning "advantage; benefit" and 石 (
ishi) meaning "stone", referring to useful stone.... [
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Tamenari Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 為成 (
Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former area in the city of Bungotakada in the prefecture of Ōita in Japan.... [
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Tamenari Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 為成 (
Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former division in the area of Fuchū in the city of Toyama in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [
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Tammert EstonianTammert is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "tamme-" ("oaken").
Tammik EstonianTammik is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".
Tammiku EstonianTammiku is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".
Tammiste EstonianTammiste is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" meaning "oak".
Tammjärv EstonianTammjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "oak lake" and "dam/levee lake".
Tammus EstonianTammus is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" meaning both "oak" and "dam".
Tamon Japanese (Rare)This surname is used as 多門, 多聞 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [
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Tampõld EstonianTampõld is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "põld" ("field").
Tampubolon BatakFrom Batak
tampuk meaning "leaf stalk, base" and
bolon meaning "big, large, great".
Tamrakar Newar, IndianMeans "copper maker; craftsman" in Sanskrit. This is used by the Tamrakar caste of Nepal and India, and mainly of Newar ethnicity in Nepal.
Tan ChineseFrom Chinese 谭
(tán) referring to the state of Tan that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Tan ChineseFrom Chinese 谈
(tán) referring to the ancient vassal state of Tan, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Tanabe JapaneseFrom Japanese 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊
(nabe) meaning "area, place".
Tänavsuu EstonianTänavsuu is an Estonian surname literally meaning "street mouth" ("street entry", or "the beginning of the street"); derived from the compound words "tänav" ("street") and "suu" ("mouth").
Tancock EnglishFrom a shortened variant of the male personal name
Andrew, with the suffix -
cock (literally "cockerel", hence "jaunty or bumptious young man"), that was often added to create pet-forms of personal names in the Middle Ages.
Taneichi JapaneseFrom Japanese 種
(tane) meaning "seed, pit, origin" and 市
(ichi) meaning "market".
Taneja IndianThis surname was apparently derived from tən‘blade of grass’ (from Sanskrit tṛna).
Tanglao Filipino, TagalogFrom Tagalog
tanglaw meaning "light, illumination" (a poetic word), ultimately from Hokkien 燈樓 or 灯楼
(teng-lâu).
Tanguay French, EnglishFrom a personal name, a contraction of
Tanneguy, from Breton
tan meaning 'fire', and
ki meaning 'dog', which was the name of a 6-th century Christian saint associated with Paul Aurelian.
Tanikawa JapaneseFrom the Japanese 谷 (
tani or
ya) "valley" and 川 or 河 (
kawa or
gawa) "river."
Tanimoto JapaneseTani (谷) means valley, and Moto (本) means origin or base or root.
Tanji Japanese (Rare)Rare in Japan, the name is written with characters meaning ‘red’ and ‘govern’. The actual meaning is unclear.
Tanko Romanian (Americanized)In Romania Tankó is most common in Harghita, Covasna, and Bacău counties. Tankó is also common in Hungary and Slovakia.
Tannen German, JewishGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places in Lower Saxony or Baden named with German
Tannen ‘pine’, or from a short form of any of the many compound names formed with this element... [
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Tannenbaum Jewish, GermanGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic) topographic name or Jewish ornamental name from German
Tannenbaum ‘fir tree’, ‘pine tree’.
Tanneraho FinnishMy grandmother was from Finland was as is many generations according to her. Descendants are still located in Musta Jarva, near Ruovesi.