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Tsuchiyama JapaneseFrom Japanese 土 (
tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 山 (
yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Other Kanji combinations are possible.
Tsuda JapaneseTsu means "harbor, seaport" and da is a form of
ta meaning "rice paddy, field". ... [
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Tsuda JapaneseFrom Japanese 津
(tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tsudzumi Japanese (Rare)This surname is used as either 鼓 or 都積 with 鼓 (ko, tsudzumi) meaning "beat, drum, muster, rouse", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis" and 積 (seki, tsu.mu, tsu.mori, tsu.moru, -dzu.mi) meaning "acreage, amass, contents, load, pile, up, stack, volume."... [
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Tsudzuri Japanese (Rare)This surname is be used as 綴 (getsu, tei, techi, tetsu, sumi.yaka, tsudzuri, tsudzu.ru, to.jiru) meaning "bind (books), compose, spell, write."... [
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Tsuga JapaneseTsu means "seaport, harbor" and ga could come from ka meaning "congratulation" or "add, increase".
Tsugaru Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 津軽 (
Tsugaru) meaning "Tsugaru", a former district in parts of present-day Aomori, Japan, in the former Japanese province of Mutsu.
Tsugue JapaneseTsu means "harbor, seaport", gu comes from
ku meaning "longevity, long time ago", and e means "family, house, residence".
Tsuguno JapaneseTsugu means "inherit, sucession" and no means "field, wilderness".
Tsuihiji JapaneseTsuihiji (対比地) is translated as (vis-a-vis; opposite; even; equal; versus; anti-; compare | compare; race; ratio; Philippines | ground; earth) and could be directly translated as "Contrasting Ground"
Tsujihara JapaneseFrom the Japanese 辻 (
tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 原 (
hara,
bara or
wara) "field," "plain," "original."
Tsujii JapaneseFrom the Japanese 辻 (
tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 井 (
i) "well."
Tsujimoto JapaneseFrom Japanese 辻 (
tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 本 or 元 (
moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Tsujino JapaneseFrom Japanese 辻 (
tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 野 (
no) meaning "field, civilian".
Tsujita JapaneseFrom the Japanese 辻 (
tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 田 (
ta or
da) "rice paddy."
Tsukada JapaneseFrom Japanese 塚
(tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tsukamoto JapaneseFrom Japanese 塚
(tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock" or 柄
(tsuka) meaning "design, pattern" or "handle, hilt" and 本
(moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Tsukasa Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 塚 (
tsuka) meaning "mound; hillock; tumulus" and 狭 (
sa) meaning "narrow; small", referring to a cramped up area with a small hill.
Tsukauchi JapaneseFrom Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside, within"
Tsukigata Japanese月 (Tsuki) means "month, moon" and 形 (gata) means "shape, form, type".
Tsukii JapaneseTsuki means "moon, month" and i means "well, mineshaft."
Tsukijishin Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 築地新 (
Tsukijishin) meaning "Tsukijishin", a name of a group of several households for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Tsukimi Japanese月 (Tsuki) means "Moon, Month" and 見 (Mi) means "Outlook, View, Mindest". Souhei Tsukimi is a light novel author who has written more than four different series.
Tsukimoto Japanese月 (Tsuki) means "moon, month" and 本 (moto) meets "origin, root, source".
Tsukino JapaneseMeans ''of the moon'' in Japanese. A famous bearer of this surname would be Usagi Tsukino in the show Sailor Moon.
Tsukinomiya JapaneseTsuki means "moon, month", no is a possesive article, and miya means "shrine".
Tsukioka JapaneseFrom Japanese 月
(tsuki) meaning "moon" and 岡
(oka) meaning "hill, ridge". A notable bearer of this surname was Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年, 1839–1892), a Japanese artist who is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
Tsukishima JapaneseThe character 月 means moon or month, and is pronounced “tsuki.” The character 島 means island and is pronounced either “shima” or “jima.”
Tsukita Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 舂 (
tsuki), from 舂き (
tsuki), the continuative form of 舂く (
tsuku) meaning "to grind with a mortar" and 田 (
ta) meaning "rice paddy field", referring to a rice paddy field where they would grind grain with mortars.
Tsukiyama JapaneseFrom Japanese 築
(tsuki) meaning "fabricate, build, construct" and 山
(yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Tsumiki JapaneseTsu could mean "harbor, seaport", mi could mean "sign of the snake, ego, I, myself" and ki means "tree, wood".
Tsumura JapaneseFrom Japanese 津
(tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 村
(mura) meaning "town, village".
Tsunami JapaneseFrom Japanese 津
(tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 波
(nami) meaning "wave".
Tsunematsu JapaneseFrom the Japanese 恒 (
tsune) "constant" or 常 (
tsune) "always" and 松 (
matsu) "pine tree."
Tsunemi JapaneseTsune can mean "constant" or "always" and mi means "see, outlook, viewpoint" .
Tsunetsuki Popular CultureIn the case of the character Matoi Tsunetsuki (常月 まとい) from 'Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei', the surname is made up of 常 (jou,
tsune, toko) meaning "constant" and 月 (getsu, gatsu,
tsuki) meaning "moon, month."... [
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Tsunogae JapaneseTsuno means "corner, point" and gae is a form of
kae meaning "substitute, exchange".... [
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Tsurubami Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 鶴喰 (
Tsurubami) meaning "Tsurubami", an area in the city of Rokunohe in the district of Kamikita in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.
Tsurubami Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 鶴喰 (
Tsurubami), from 鶴 (
Tsuru), a sound- and script-changed clipping of 上水流 (
Kamizuru) meaning "Kamizuru", a division in the area of Takaono in the city of Izumi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, and 喰 (
bami), the joining form of 喰 (
hami) meaning "to eat; to consume", referring to a river that ate and collapsed land.
Tsuruga JapaneseFrom Japanese 敦 (
tsuru) meaning "kindness, honesty" and 賀 (
ga) meaning "congratulations". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Tsurumaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 弦 (tsuru) meaning "bowstring, chord" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, volume".
Tsuruta JapaneseTsuru means "crane, stork" and ta means "rice paddy, field".
Tsuryū Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 釣 (
tsu), from 釣り (
tsuri) meaning "fishing; angling" and 流 (
ryū) meaning "flow of water, style", referring to a fisher.... [
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Tsuyuki JapaneseFrom Japanese 露
(tsuyu) meaning "dewdrop" and 木
(ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Tsuzuki JapaneseFrom the Japanese 都 (
tsu) "metropolis," "capital" and 築 (
zuki) "since construction."
Tsybulenko UkrainianUkrainian surname created from the Ukrainian word
цибуля (tsybulya) meaning "onion" and the patronymic ending
-enko.
Tsygan RussianDerived from Russian цыган
(tsygan) meaning "gypsy".
Tsyrenov BuryatDerived from Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Tu ChineseFrom Chinese 屠
(tú) referring either to Zou Tu, an ancient country that may have existed in what is now Shandong province, or the ancient fief of Tu, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.
Tu ChineseFrom Chinese 涂
(tú), the old name for the Chu River that runs through the present-day provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu.
Tuazon FilipinoFrom Hokkien 大孫
(tōa-sun) or 大孙
(tōa-sun) meaning "grandson".
Tubbs Popular CultureSurname of Cleveland's second wife Donna and her children Roberta and Rallo from American sitcom The Cleveland show (2009-2013)
Tuberville FrenchTuberville May be related to the surname Turbeville which is a derivation of the original de’ Turberville which derives from old French Thouberville, ville meaning town, place or residence (from Latin villa).
Tubman EnglishFrom a nickname, a variant of
Tubb. A notable bearer was the American abolitionist and social activist Harriet Tubman (c. 1822-1913).
Tuckerton EnglishDerived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment", and
tun "enclosure, yard".
Tuell Germannickname from Slavic (Old Slavic toliti ""to soothe or calm"")
Tuinstra FrisianTopographic name for a person who lived by a garden or enclosure, derived from Frisian
tuin meaning "garden, yard", or a habitational name denoting someone from a place called
Tuin.
Tükk EstonianTükk is an Estonian surname meaning "piece" and "segment".
Tulenheimo FinnishMeaning "fire's tribe" in Finnish. A famous bearer was Finnish prime minister Antti Tulenheimo (1879-1952), who was born Antti Thulé.
Tulloch ScottishScottish habitational name from a place near Dingwall on the Firth of Cromarty, named with Gaelic
tulach ‘hillock’, ‘mound’, or from any of various other minor places named with this element.
Tully IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Taithligh "descendant of Taithleach", a byname meaning "quiet", "peaceable".
Tully IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Maol Tuile "descendant of the devotee of the will of God" (from toil "will of God").
Tully ScottishHabitational name from any of various places called Tullo in eastern Scotland.
Tulp EstonianTulp is an Estonian surname meaning both "post/picket/stake" and "tulip".
Tulush TuvanPossibly from a Tuvan tribal measurement used to denote a month or member of a tribe.
Tulvi EstonianTulvi is an Estonian surname derived from "tulvil" meaning "brimful" and "brimming".
Tulving EstonianTulving is an Estonian surname derived from "tulv", meaning "flood".
Tumber EnglishEnglish: habitational name from any of the various places so called from their situation on a stream with this name. Humber is a common prehistoric river name, of uncertain origin and meaning.
Tumgoev Ingush (Russified)Russified form of an Ingush surname, which is from the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name itself is derived from
Tumag (ТIумагI), the name of a village in Ingushetia, possibly meaning "to see with the heart" in Ingush.
Tuna TurkishFrom the Turkish name for the Danube River, which flows through parts of Central and Southeastern Europe.
Tưởng VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese
蔣 (Jiang/Chiang) which probably means "Rice".
Tungate Englishhabitational name from Tungate a minor place near North Walsham named from Old English
tun "farmstead estate" and Old Norse
gata or Old English
gaet "way path road street gate".
Tunstall EnglishHabitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Tunstall, derived from Old English
tun meaning "enclosure, garden, farm" and
steall meaning "position, place, site".
Tuppen EnglishIt comes from people who shepherds. The word tup refers to a male sheep, and pen comes from where the sheep were kept. Tupping is a word used to refer to the mating of sheep and may also be related.
Turan TurkishRefers to Turan, an historical region in Central Asia inhabited by the nomadic Iranian Turanian people. The name itself means "land of the Tur" and is derived from the name of a Persian mythological figure, Tur (تور).
Turba ItalianPossibly from Italian
turbare, "to disturb, to trouble", itself from Latin
turba, "turmoil, disturbance; mob, crowd". Alternately, it could be from the German surname Turba, of uncertain meaning.
Turbin RussianFrom the nickname Турба
(Turba) which was probably derived from an old dialectal word meaning "face, snout, muzzle (of an animal)", used as a name for a person with an unpleasant or ugly appearance... [
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Turco ItalianEthnic name for a Turk, or a nickname from the same word in the sense of a non-Christian or, following the medieval ethnic stereotype, a cruel, ferocious, or short-tempered person.
Turcu Romanianrelated to https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/turcescu/submitted
Turi EstonianTuri is an Estonian surname meaning both "scruff" or "withers".
Türkmen Turkish, TurkmenRefers to a Turkmen person (someone from the present-day nation of Turkmenistan). The ethnonym itself is believed to be derived from
Türk combined with the Sogdian suffix
-man (thus meaning "almost Turk") or from
Türk combined with Arabic إِيمَان
(ʾīmān) meaning "faith, belief, religion".
Turkstra FrisianTURKSTRA - Meaning: From the town of "Turkeye". Turkeye is a small town within Zeelandic Flanders in the western part of Netherlands. This family names was given to persons originating from the village.
Turnbow English, German (Americanized)Americanized spelling of German
Dürnbach, from a habitational name from any of several places so named or from places in Austria and Bavaria named Dürrenbach (meaning "dry stream").
Turney English, NormanHabitational name from places in France called Tournai, Tournay, or Tourny. All named with the pre-Roman personal name
Turnus and the locative suffix
-acum.
Türnpuu EstonianTürnpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "buckthorn tree" (Rhamnus).
Turpin EnglishFrom an Anglo-Norman French form of the Old Norse personal name
þórfinnr, composed of the elements
Þórr, the name of the god of thunder in Scandinavian mythology.
Turrentine AmericanOrigin unidentified (Dictionary of American Family Names: '1881 census has 0, Not in RW, EML'), perhaps from the Italian surname
Tarantino.
Turrillo AragoneseThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Comarca of Calatayú.
Turton EnglishFrom
Turton, an historical area in Lancashire, England (now part of Greater Manchester); it was originally a township in the former civil parish of Bolton le Moors. It is derived from the Old Norse given name
Þórr (see
Thor) and Old English
tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Turturro Italian, SicilianMetonymic occupational name for a groom (a person employed to take care of horses), derived from Sicilian
turturo, (ultimately from Italian
tortoro) meaning "straw, hay, plait used for strapping horses"... [
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Tutt EstonianTutt is an Estonian surname meaning "wisp" or "tuft".
Tuttle English, English (American), IrishDerived from the Old Norse given name
Þorkell, derived from the elements
þórr (see
Thor) and
ketill "cauldron". The name evolved into
Thurkill and
Thirkill in England and came into use as a given name in the Middle Ages... [
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Tuttoilmondo ItalianPossibly derived from the French given name Toulemonde, which is either itself derived from the Germanic names Thurmond or Tedmond, or from the phrase
tout le monde, literally "all the world", or "everybody"... [
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Tütüncü TurkishOccupational name for a grower or seller of tobacco, from Turkish
tütün meaning "tobacco".
Tuude EstonianTuude is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Tuudor".
Tuule EstonianTuule is an Estonian surname (and feminine given name) meaning "calm".
Tuum EstonianTuum is an Estonian surname meaning "essence", "crux" and "point (gist)"
Tüür EstonianTüür is an Estonian surname meaning "(boat) rudder".
Tuveri ItalianPossibly from Sardinian Campidanese
tuvera, meaning "pipe of the bellows", indicating someone who worked at a forge.
Tuvi EstonianTuvi is an Estonian surname meaning "pigeon/dove".