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Terao Japanese
Tera means "temple" and o means "tail".

Terao Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Teraoka Japanese
Tera means "temple" and oka means "hill".

Teraoka Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Terasaki Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Terasawa Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Terashima Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Terashita Japanese

Terata Japanese

Teratani Japanese
Tera means "temple" and tani means "valley".

Terauchi Japanese
From the Japanese 寺 (tera) "{Buddhist} temple" and 内 (uchi or nai) "inside."

Teraya Japanese

Tercero Spanish
Means "third" in Spanish (see Tercero).

Terenya Russian, Belarusian

Terenzio Italian
From the given name Terenzio.

Tereschchenko Ukrainian, Russian
Variant of Tereshchenko.

Tereshko Russian (?)

Terezi African

Ter-grigoryan Armenian
The surname Grigoryan derives from the name Grigor, which is Armenian pronunciation of the name Gregory (it derives from Greek word, γρηγορος, and means 'watchful', 'alert'). Adding to the name the prefix Ter- is the way people call the priests in Armenia (in English often the word "Father" is used instead)... [more]

Terjesen Norwegian
Means "son of Terje 1".

Tern English

Teroy Filipino

Terra Portuguese (Brazilian)

Terracciano Italian
Italian "Fenced In Land" from Italian "Terra" meaning "Land" and "Ciano" meaning "Fenced"

Terrace Scottish
Possibly means "from Tarras", a place in Morayshire, Scotland.

Terracina Italian

Terras Estonian
Terras is an Estonian name derived from "terrass", meaning "terrace".

Terray French

Terreberry English

Terrebery English

Terrence English
From the given name Terrence.

Terreni Maltese

Terrey English

Terriah English (Canadian)

Terrick English

Terrien French
Topographic name from an adjectival derivative of terre "land", denoting someone who lived and worked on the land, i.e. a peasant. It is Americanized frequently as Landers, and occasionally as Farmer.

Terrier French

Terrill English
Variant of Terrell

Terrin French

Terroni Italian

Terryberry English

Terryberry English
Americanized form of German Dürrenberger

Ter-saakov Russian (Rare)

Terse English
This name means literally curt, short or stiff. Similar to Stiff (surname) (see Stiff under user submitted names) Not very commonly used. If you're looking for a name for a fictional character who is either an antagonist or just likes to stir things up, you could probably use this.

Tersigni English

Tersoo Tiv
Means, "father's love". Has its history from Tiv origin. Its a common name amongst the Tiv people of Nigeria.

Ter Stegen Dutch (Modern), German (Modern)

Terunofuji Japanese

Terunuma Japanese
From Japanese 照 (teru) meaning "shine" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Terwiliger American
a name adopted by a Dutch family in New York

Terwilliger English
An anglicized version of the Dutch surname, Der Willikeur, meaning "a by-law; a statute". Also, Der willige-waar, means "serviceable ware", or "ware that sells well" and could be related as well.

Terwogt Dutch

Tery Arabic (Egyptian)

Terzakis Greek

Terzis Greek
From the Italian surname Terzi ultimately from the Italian given name Terzo, meaning the third given usually name to the third child.

Tešan Serbian

Tešanović Serbian

Tesauro Italian
metonymic occupational name for a treasurer or person in charge of financial administration from Old Italian tesauro "treasure treasury" (from Latin thesaurus "hoard"). It may also be from the personal name Tesauro with the same origin.

Tescher German, Danish
Occupational name for a joiner or a variant of Tasch.

Tesdal English (American)

Tesei Italian

Tesfamariam Ethiopian
Meaning "Mary hope", from 'tesifa' (hope), and 'mariyami' (Mary).

Tesfaye Amharic, Ethiopian
From the given name Tesfaye.

Teshigawara Japanese
From Japanese 勅 (te) meaning "imperial order", 使 (shi) meaning "messenger, envoy", 河 (ga) meaning "river", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Teshima Japanese

Teshima Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Teshome Eastern African, Amharic
From the given name Teshome.

Teskeredžić Bosnian

Tesla Serbian
From a special kind of ax a woodworker would use - adze, called tesla.... [more]

Tesoro Spanish, Italian
from tesoro "treasure" (from Latin thesaurus "hoard") applied as a metonymic occupational name for a treasurer. In some cases this may be a habitational name from El Tesoro in southern Spain... [more]

Tessier French
Occupational Name For A Weaver, From Old French Tissier (From Late Latin Texarius, A Derivative Of Texere ‘To Weave’). It Is Also Found In England As A Surname Of Huguenot Origin. Compare Tacey.

Tessler Romanian, Russian
Russian, Christian. From The original name tescherak

Tessley English

Tessmer German
Derived from the given name Těšimír.

Test English

Testaburger Popular Culture
Wendy Testaburger is one of the reoccurring characters on the animated TV series South Park

Testaguzza Italian (?)

Testawich Cree

Testen Slovene

Testina Italian (Rare)

Teterevkova Lithuanian

Tetik Turkish
Means "vigilant, watchful, alert" in Turkish.

Teton Shoshone

Tetouani Moroccan
Habitational name from the city of Tetouan.

Tetrault French
French, Franko-American

Tetreau French
Variant of Tetreault.

Tetreault French
Ultimately derived from French tistre "to weave".

Tetseo Naga, Chakhesang
Best known as the surname of a certain music group from Nagaland in Northeastern India.

Tetsu Japanese
Tetsu could mean "iron", or it could be spelled with te meaning "hand" and tsu meaning "harbor, seaport".

Tetsuka Japanese
Te means "hand" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Tetsuki Japanese
Tetsu means "iron" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tetta Italian
Means "boob, tit" in Italian.

Tetteh Western African

Tetuanui Polynesian, Tahitian

Tetzlaff German

Teubert German
Variant of Taube.

Teunis Dutch
From the given name Teunis.

Teutloff German (Rare)

Tevanyan Armenian

Tevis English

Tewari Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi
Variant of Tiwari.

Tewksbury English
Derived from Tewkesbury, a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is named with the Old English given name Teodec and burg meaning "fortification".

Texeira Portuguese
Variant of Teixeira.

Texidor Spanish

Texier French

Teyler Scottish, Irish

Teymouri Persian
From the given name Teymour.

Teymurov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Teymur".

Teytlboym Yiddish
It literally means "date tree".

Tezcan Turkish
Means "impetuous, impatient, excited" in Turkish.

Tezuka Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock, grave".

Tgenay Romansh (Archaic)
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Gian.

Tgetgel Romansh
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from the given name Francestg.

Th English
Possibly a diminutive of other surnames starting with the letters th, such as Thatcher or Thomas.

Thabet Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.

Thabit Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.

Thạch Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shi from Sino-Vietnamese 石 (thạch).

Thach Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Thạch.

Thaci Albanian

Thackeray English
Famous bearer is William Makepeace Thackeray, author of the novel Vanity Fair. ... [more]

Thackery English
English (Yorkshire) habitational name from Thackray in the parish of Great Timble, West Yorkshire, now submerged in Fewston reservoir. It was named with Old Norse þak ‘thatching’, ‘reeds’ + (v)rá ‘nook’, ‘corner’.

Thackwray English
Means Thatcher, or someone who thatches roofs. A varient of the name Thatcher

Thahan Thai
Means "military" in Thai.

Thái Vietnamese
Vietnamese for Cai.

Thain Scots, English
Occupational surname meaning a nobleman who served as an attendant to royals or who was awarded land by a king.

Thais Greek (Modern)
from the given name Thais, meaning "beloved, bandage"

Thakar Indian

Thaker Indian, Gujarati
Variant of Thakkar.

Thakkar Indian, Gujarati, Marathi
From Sanskrit ठक्कुर (ṭhakkura) meaning "deity".

Thakur Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Gujarati, Nepali
From a feudal title meaning "lord, master", derived from Sanskrit ठक्कुर (thakkura) meaning "deity".

Thal Jewish, German
Ornamental and topographic name derived from German Tal "valley".

Thal English

Thalassis Greek (Rare)

Thalman German (Americanized)
Partly Americanized spelling of German Thalmann or Thälmann.

Tham Vietnamese

Tham Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Tan.

Thami Nepali

Thammalangsy Lao
From Lao ທຳມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ລັງສີ (langsy) meaning "ray, beam".

Thammavong Lao
From Lao ທຳມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Thammavongsa Lao
From Lao ທັມມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family".

Thamrongsombutsakul English (American)
Panat Thamrongsombutsakul is an animator at Walt Disney Studios, known for his work on Ralph Breaks the Internet, Raya and the Last Dragon, and Megamind, among other animated films.

Than Vietnamese
Vietnamese: unexplained.

Thanapatpisal Thai

Thanas Albanian

Thane Scots, English
Occupational surname meaning a nobleman who served as an attendant to royals or who was awarded land by a king. Variant of Thain.

Thangprabhaporn Thai

Thành Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 成 (thành) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded", 城 (thành) meaning "castle, city" or 誠 (thành) meaning "sincere, honest, true".

Thanh Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 青 (thanh) meaning "blue, green, young" or 聲 (thanh) meaning "sound, voice, tone".

Thankappan Malayalam

Thannhausen German
An old noble family from Germany. Meaning "dwelling in Tann", specifically from their ancestral seat in the town of Tannhausen.

Thanos Greek
From a short form of the personal name Athanasios, literally "immortal". This was the name of several saints venerated in the Greek Orthodox Church, the most important of them being Athanasios the Great (293–373), theologian and patriarch of Alexandria in Egypt.

Thanou Greek

Thant Burmese
Means "clean, pure" in Burmese.

Thảo Vietnamese
Means "beautiful" in Vietnamese.

Thao Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Thảo.

Thao Hmong
From the clan name Thoj associated with the Chinese character 陶 (táo) (see Tao).

Thapa Nepali, Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Odia
From an ancient military rank used in the Khasa Kingdom, which ruled parts of South Asia from the 11th to 14th centuries.

Thaqi Albanian

Tharanga Sinhalese
From the given name Tharanga.

Tharin Thai

Tharp American
it is a last name

Tharu Nepali
Possibly refers to the Tharu, an indigenous ethnic group of Nepal.

Tharwat Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tharwat.

Thathara Indian
Variant of Tamrakar.

Thathera Indian
Variant of Tamrakar.

Thathiah South African

Thaufeeq Dhivehi
From the given name Tawfiq.

Thauvin French

Thavornvong Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thavornvongs Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thavornvongsa Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawley English
Variant of Thorley.

Thawonwong Thai (Rare)
From Thai ถาวร (thawon) meaning "permanent" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "family".

Thawornwong Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawornwongs Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawornwongsa Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thaxton English

The Iranian

Theall English
Theall is a rare English surname. It originates from the British town of Theale.

Théato Luxembourgish

Thébault French
From a variant of the given name Thibault. Variant of Thibault.

Theberge French
Variant of Thibert.

Theisen German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish, and Norwegian: patronymic from a reduced form of the personal name Matthias or Mathies (see Matthew).

Theiss Biblical German
From the given name Theis

Theissen German
North German: patronymic from Theiss.

Thelen German

Thell Swedish, German (Austrian)
Variant of Tell.

Thelwell English

Themptander Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the name of Tämta parish in Västergötland, Sweden.

Then Malaysian
Possibly a form of Chen or Shen used by Chinese Malaysians.

Theo Eastern African

Theobald English
From the given name Theobald

Theobold English
Variant spelling of Theobald

Theodoratos Greek

Théodore French
From the given name Théodore.

Theodore English
From the given name Theodore.

Theodoridis Greek
Means "son of Theodoros".

Theodoropoulos Greek
Means "son of Theodoros".

Theodorou Greek
Means "son of Theodoros".

Theodorsson Swedish
Means "son of Theodor".

Theodosiou Greek
Means "son of Theodosios".

Theodulf Irish (?)
The name means "Wolf God" or "Wolf of Gods Blood".... [more]

Theofanous Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Θεοφάνους (see Theophanous).

Theofilakis Greek

Theofilopoulos Greek

Theofilopoulou Greek

Theologou Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Means "son of Theologos".

Theophanous Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Theophanes.

Theophilus English
From the given name Theophilus

Theotokis Greek

Theresa English, German
From the given name Theresa.

Theriault French (Rare)
Possibly from the Greek "therion" which means a beast of a nondescript nature.

Thermes Italian

Thern English (American, Rare), Swedish (Rare)

Thernstrom English

Theron Southern African, Afrikaans, Occitan
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations in Occitanie named Théron or Thérond, ultimately from Latin torus meaning "elevation, height, embankment". A famous bearer is South African and American actress Charlize Theron (1975-).

Theroux French (Quebec)
Southern French (Théroux): of uncertain origin; perhaps a topographic name for someone living by "the wells", from a plural variant of Occitan théron "well".

Therrien French
Variant of Terrien.

Thesander Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)

Theuma Maltese
Most likely derived from Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm) meaning "garlic", used in reference to someone who grew garlic or owned a garlic field. Alternatively, it may also be from تَوْأَم (tawʾam) meaning "twin, double".

Theunis Dutch
From the given name Theunis.

Theuns Dutch

Theus Romansh
Derived from the given name Matthäus.

Thevar Tamil
The Mukkulathor people, who are also collectively known as Thevar, are a community or group of communities native to the central and southern districts of Tamil Nadu, India. They comprise the Agamudayar, Kallar and Maravar communities that share a common myth of origin and claim to have once been members of various ancient South Indian dynasties.

Thèves Belgian

Thexton English
Unknown Theakstone

Thi Vietnamese

Thianthong Thai
From Thai เทียน (thian) meaning "candle" and ทอง (thong) meaning "gold".

Thibaudeau French

Thibeault French

Thibert French
From the given name Thibert, the French form of Theudebert.

Thibodeau French
Variant of Thibodeaux.

Thibodeaux French
Variant of Thibault.

Thick English (British)

Thie Dutch

Thiébaut French

Thiel German
Derived from Old High German thiot "people".

Thiele English

Thielke German

Thiems German

Thienpondt Belgian
Possible translation is “ten pounds” in Flemish possibly Dutch. ... [more]

Thienthong Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai เทียนทอง (see Thianthong).

Thiércelin Haitian Creole

Thierry French

Thiers French

Thiesgaard Danish

Thiessen German, Danish
Reduced form of the personal name Matthias or Mathies.

Thijssen Dutch

Thika Albanian

Thilakarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).

Thilakarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).

Thilakaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).

Thilakaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Thill German, Luxembourgish
Variant of Till.

Thimmesch Luxembourgish
Meaning "Tiller of the Water" in Luxembourgish. A variant of the Germanic surname Miller

Thimonnier French

Thing English

Thirimanne Sinhalese
From an element with an unknown meaning combined with Sanskrit माने (māne) meaning "meaning, purpose".

Thirlwall English

Thirring Upper German (Rare)
The name Thirring has many different forms/variant spellings. These include Thiering, Thiring, Thuring,Thuringer, Turinger, Duringer, Diringer, Diring and During. One of the reasons for all the variant spellings is that the church scribes in Hungary originally all recorded the name differently... [more]

Thirtyacre German (Americanized, Rare)
English form of the German Drezigacker.

Thistle English
Derived from Middle English thistel "thistle", this was either a nickname or a topographic name for someone who lived near a place overgrown with thistles.

Thistlethwait English
Variant of Thistlethwaite

Thistlethwaite English
A surname found in Lancashire in north west England, taken from the name of a minor place in the parish of Lancaster which meant "meadow overgrown with thistles" from Middle English thistle and thwaite "meadow" (cf... [more]

Thistlethwayte English
Variant of Thistlethwaite.

Thoj Hmong

Thoj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Thao.

Thom Romansh
Derived from the given name Thomas.

Thoma German, German (Swiss)
German and Swiss German: variant of Thomas. Greek: genitive patronymic from Thomas. Genitive patronymics are particularly associated with Cyprus.

Thoman German
Derived from the personal name Thoman.

Thomann German, French
Variant of Thoman. It was first discovered in Germany, where it surfaced in the medieval times.

Thomasen Danish, Norwegian
Means "Son of Thomas".

Thomason Welsh, English
Means "son of Thomas".

Thomass French (Rare)

Thomassin French

Thomasson English
Son of Thomas.

Thome French

Thomes Cornish

Thomet French (Swiss), German (Swiss)
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Thomas.

Thomis French

Thomison English
A variant of Thompson.