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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".
Tanase JapaneseFrom 棚 (
tana) meaning "shelf", 種 (
tana) meaning "seed", 田 (
ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" combined with 名 (
na) meaning "name, reputation, status", or 多 (
ta) meaning "many, various" combined with 那 (
na) meaning "what", that is then combined with 瀬 (
se) meaning "rapids, current, ripple, torrent"
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.
Tanda JapaneseFrom Japanese 反
(tan) referring to a unit of areal measure (equivalent to about 991.7 metres squared) and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Taneda JapaneseFrom 種 (
tane) meaning "seed" and 田 (
ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Taneichi JapaneseFrom Japanese 種
(tane) meaning "seed, pit, origin" and 市
(ichi) meaning "market, shop".
Taneja IndianThis surname was apparently derived from tən‘blade of grass’ (from Sanskrit tṛna).
Tang ChineseFrom Chinese 汤
(tāng) meaning "hot water, soup, broth", originally derived from the name of Cheng Tang, the first king of the Shang dynasty.
Tanglao TagalogFrom Tagalog
tanglaw meaning "light, illumination", ultimately from Hokkien 燈樓/灯楼
(teng-lâu).
Tanikawa JapaneseFrom the Japanese 谷 (
tani) meaning "valley" and 川 or 河 (
kawa) meaning "stream, river."
Tanimizu JapaneseFrom Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Tanino JapaneseFrom 谷 (
tani) meaning "valley" and 野 (
no) meaning "field, plain".
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.
Tanno JapaneseFrom Japanese 丹
(tan) meaning "red, vermilion" and 野
(no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Tanno RomanshOf debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from the given name
Donatus.
Tano JapaneseFrom 田 (
ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 野 (
no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".
Tanose JapaneseFrom 田 (
ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", 野 (
no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness", and 瀬 (
se) meaning "ripple, rapids, current".
Tanoue JapaneseTa means "field, rice paddy", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "above".
Tanuma JapaneseFrom Japanese 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 沼
(numa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Tao ChineseFrom Chinese 陶
(táo) meaning "pottery, ceramics", used to denote someone who was responsible for making pottery.
Tapon FrenchFrom the old French word
tapon, meaning "cork". Hence this surname was first given to corks makers.
Täpp EstonianTäpp is an Estonian surname meaning "fleck" or "speckle".
Tapp English, GermanDerived from an Old English given name
Tæppa, of uncertain origin and meaning. In German, it is a nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton, derived from Middle Low German
tappe meaning "oaf".
Tapu EstonianTapu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Tapa", a town in Lääne-Viru County.
Tapu MorioriTapu in the Moriori language means sacred. This was the surname of a 19th century Owenga Moriori leader named Hirawanu Tapu (?-1900).
Tarabay ArabicHistory of this surname is unknown. A famous bearer with this last name is Nick E. Tarabay, a Lebanese-American actor.
Tarafdar BengaliFrom a title which denoted a holder of a taraf (a type of administrative division formerly used in South Asia), itself derived from Arabic طرف
(taraf) meaning "area, section, side" and the Persian suffix دار
(dar) indicating ownership.
Tarancón SpanishIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Taranto ItalianHabitational name from the southern Italian city and provincial capital of this name (from Latin Tarentum from Greek Taras). Variant of
Tarantino and
Di Taranto.
Tarbell EnglishTarbell is an alteration of the English placename Turville in Buckinghamshire in England.
Tarchaneiotes Greek(1) Either from the village of Tarchaneion in Thrace, (2) from Mongol word targan, for "smith",(3) from the Khazar noble title tarkhan, ultimately of Sogdian/Saka origin.
Tardáguila SpanishTardáguila is a Spanish surname that is believed to have originated from the Basque region of Spain. The surname is a combination of the words "tarda", which means late, and "aguila", which means eagle... [
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Tark EstonianTark is an Estonian surname meaning "wise" or "sage".
Tarkowski PolishHabitational name for someone from Tarkowo in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or
Tarków in Masovian Voivodeship (of uncertain origin compare
tarka ‘grater rasper’).
Tarkpea EstonianTarkpea is an Estonian surname meaning "wiseacre" (literally, "clever head").
Tarmo EstonianTarmo is an Estonian name; from the masculine given name "Tarmo".
Tarnowski PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish city of Tarnów.
Taron German (Rare)The standardized variant of
Tarruhn which has origins in the Neumark region of Brandenburg, Prussia dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The Taron family was one of many German families who left the Neumark region and moved eastward into present-day Poland and Ukraine... [
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Tarro EstonianTarro is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "tare", meaning "hut".
Tarruhn GermanOrigins are found in Neumark, Brandenburg, Prussia.
Tartakovsky Russian, JewishName for someone originally from the town of Tartakiv (or Tartakov) in Ukraine, derived from Ukrainian тартак
(tartak) meaning "sawmill".
Tartaro SpanishEthnic name or regional name for someone who was from Tatarstan or who had traded with Tatarstan.
Tartu EstonianTartu is an Estonian surname derived from the city of the same name in Tartu County.
Tarver EnglishUncertain etymology. Possibly derived from
Thorferth, a variant of the Old Norse given name
Þórfreðr (compare
Tolfree), or perhaps from
Torver, the name of a former village in Lancashire... [
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Tasaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 崎
(saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Tashiro JapaneseFrom Japanese 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代
(shiro) meaning "price, cost".
Taşkıran TurkishMeans "stone breaker" from Turkish
taş meaning "stone, rock" and
kıran meaning "destroyer, breaker, pestilence".
Tasman DutchDerived from Dutch
tas "bag" and
man "person, man". Usually a metonymic name for someone who made bags, though in at least one case it was taken from the name of a ship,
De Tas.
Tass EstonianTass is an Estonian surname meaning "cup" and "dish".
Tassi ItalianCould be a patronymic form of the given name Tasso, indicate the bearer is from one of several municipalities called Tasso, or be a nickname from Italian
tasso meaning "badger (animal)" or "yew".
Tassoni ItalianProbably derived from Italian
tasso meaning "badger (animal)", though it can also mean "yew (tree)".
Tatebe JapaneseFrom 立 (
tate) meaning "stand, set up, establish" and 部 (
be) meaning "section, department, category".