All Submitted Surnames

Tasić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Tasa".

Tasidjawa Moluccan

Tasifa Amharic
Means “hope” in Amharic.

Taşkın Turkish
Means "flood" in Turkish.

Taşkıran Turkish
Means "stone breaker" from Turkish taş meaning "stone, rock" and kıran meaning "destroyer, breaker, pestilence".

Tasman Dutch
Derived 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 Estonian
Tass is an Estonian surname meaning "cup" and "dish".

Tassi Italian, South American
Could 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".

Tassone Italian

Tassoni Italian
Probably derived from Italian tasso meaning "badger (animal)", though it can also mean "yew (tree)".

Taştan Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.

Tat Vietnamese

Tatami Japanese

Tatangelo French

Tatangelo Italian

Tatangelo Italian

Tatangelo Italian

Tatania Italian

Tatar Indian

Tatara Japanese
From 多 (ta) meaning "many", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji, combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Tatarashvili Georgian
Georgian form of Tatarov.

Tatarchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Tatarenko.

Tatarenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Tatarov.

Tătărescu Romanian
Means "son of a Tatar" in Romanian.

Tatari Albanian

Tatarov m Russian
From Russian татарин (tatarin) meaning "Tatar person". Tatars are an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups across Eastern Europe and Asia.

Tatarshao Abazin
Possibly from a nickname for a Tatar person.

Tatasciore American, Italian
The surname Tatasciore is more commonly found in Italy than any other country or territory.

Tatavian Armenian

Tate Japanese
Tate can mean "rise, stand".

Tatebe Japanese
From 立 (tate) meaning "stand, set up, establish" and 部 (be) meaning "section, department, category".

Tateishi Japanese
Tate can mean "rise, stand" and ishi means "rock, stone".

Tatelman Russian, Yiddish
Man who tats or sew

Tatematsu Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Tateno Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tateo Italian (Italianized)
Italianized version of Tateossian

Tateoka Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Tateossian Turkish, Armenian

Tates English
This is a variant of rather Tate or Tate, both having the same origin.

Tatewaki Japanese
From the Japanese 舘 (tate) meaning "mansion, large building, palace" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side."

Tateyama Japanese
From Japanese 館 (tate) meaning "large building, mansion" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tati Popular Culture, French, Russian
A well known diminutive of both Tatiana and Tatischeff.

Tatischeff French, Russian, English
Best known as the actual full surname of Jacques Tati.

Tatka f Polish
Meaning Unknown.

Tatke German
Unknown source.

Tatlı Turkish
Means "sweet, pleasant, agreeable" in Turkish.

Tatlock English
Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in Lancashire or Cheshire, where the surname occurs most frequently.

Tatlonghari Tagalog
From Tagalog Tatlong Hari referring to the three kings (also known as the Magi or wise men) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus.

Tatlow English (British, Rare)
I heard it was from a small village in England called Tallow.

Tatola Tongan

Tatomirović Serbian

Taton French

Tatopoulos Greek
Surname of dancer and actress Zoï Tatopoulos, and of her father, Patrick Tatopoulos, production designer and director

Tats German

Tatsuda Japanese
From 竜 (tatsu) meaning "dragon" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tatsuki Japanese
Tatsu can mean "dragon" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tatsumi Japanese
This surname is used as the combinations shown above, as well as others that aren't on this entry.... [more]

Tatsumura Japanese
Tatsu means "dragon" and mura could mean "town" or "hamlet, village".

Tatsuno Japanese
From Japanese 辰 (tatsu) meaning "dragon of the Chinese zodiac" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tatsuoka Japanese
Tatsu means "Stand" or "Dragon, Imperial", and Oka means "Ridge, Hill."

Tatsushima Japanese
立 (Tachi) means "stand" and 島 (shima) means island.... [more]

Tatsuta Japanese

Tatsuzono Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Ryūzono.

Tattiparthi Indian

Tatula Swiss (?)

Tatyanin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Tatyana.

Taubenfeld Jewish

Tauber German
Occupational name for a pigeon breeder, from German Taube "pigeon, dove".

Taue Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

Tauekelov m Kazakh
Means "son of Tauekel".

Tauekelova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Tauekelov.

Taufer German (Rare, Archaic)
Taufer is a german surname. The meaning of Taufer is "to dip".... [more]

Taugelchee Navajo

Taukeiaho Tongan

Tauler Catalan
From the Catalan word tauler meaning "board".

Taumalolo Tongan

Taumoepenu Tongan

Taunton English
Habitational name from Taunton in Somerset, Taunton Farm in Coulsdon, Surrey, or Tanton in North Yorkshire. The Somerset place name was originally a combination of a Celtic river name (now the Tone, possibly meaning ‘roaring stream’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’... [more]

Taunyane Tswana

Taura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Taurén Finnish

Taurino Italian
From the given name Taurino

Tauro Italian
Taken from the words "bull" or "ox".

Tautou French, Occitan

Tautou French, Occitan
Derived from French tatou meaning "armadillo". It may have originally been given to a person who resembled an armadillo in some way. A famous bearer is the French actress and model Audrey Tautou (1976-).

Tauzin French

Tavakkoli Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian توکلی (see Tavakoli).

Tavakoli Persian
From the given name Tavakol.

Tavárez Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish form of Tavares chiefly used in the Dominican Republic.

Tavern Scottish

Tavernier English

Tavernier French
occupational name from Old French tavernier "innkeeper" (from Late Latin tabernarius from taberna "inn")... [more]

Tavis English

Tavitha African

Tavitian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Davidyan.

Tavoukdijan Jewish

Tavoularis Greek
Meaning 'secretary or literary assistant'

Tavros Greek (Cypriot)

Tăvuța Romanian (Rare)

Tawa Japanese

Tawada Japanese

Tawaji Arabic

Tawanda Shona
Tawanda means "We have increased or multiplied". #It is a name acknowledging the birth of a child as an increase to the family".

Tawaraya Japanese

Tawata Japanese
Variant of Tawada.

Tawfik Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tawfiq.

Tawil Arabic
Means "tall" in Arabic.

Tawney English, Norman
Habitational name from either of two places, Saint-Aubin-du-Thennay or Saint-Jean-du-Thennay, in Eure, Normandy, both so named from an uncertain first element (possibly a Gallo-Roman personal name or the Gaulish word tann ‘oak’, ‘holly’) + the locative suffix -acum.

Tax Hungarian

Tay Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.

Tayah English

Tayama Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tayar Kurdish (Arabized, Rare)
Flying, pilot. This name originated from Arabic.

Taye Ethiopian

Tayeb Arabic
From the given name Tayeb.

Tayebi Persian
From the given name Tayeb.

Tayen Thai

Tayer Arabic

Taylar English
Possibly a variant spelling of Taylor.

Tayler English
Variant of Taylor.

Taylor Kelly English

Taylorson English
Means "son of Taylor".

Taymaskhanov m Chechen
Means "son of Taymaskhan".

Taynak Indian
The Surname needs a definition. The surname comes from India and is viewable from facebook profiles and google searches. Ganesh Taynak is a common name. The meaning is unknown so far.

Taynen English (Rare)

Taynor English

Tayson English

Tayson Filipino

Taysumov Chechen
Means "son of Taysum".

Tayyab Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Tayyab.

Tazawa Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta) meaning "various, many" combined with 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, marsh, swamp."

Tazelaar Dutch
Dutch (Zeeland) variant of ’t Hazelaar "the hazel bush", a topographic name for someone living by hazel bushes.

Tazhibaev Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Tazhibay".

Tazhibaeva f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Tazhibaev.

Tazhikov Kazakh

Tazhudinov Russian

Tazz English (American)

Tcherneshoff Russian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Chernyshoff or Tchernyshov.

Tchervenelekov m Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Червенелеков (see Chervenelekov).

Tchiki Kongo

Tchimpoko Kongo
Of uncertain meaning.

Tchintcharauli Georgian

Tchouaméni Central African

Tea English
Variant of Tee.

Tea Khmer

Teach English
This surname is derived from the Middle English phrase "at asche," meaning at,or near the ash tree.

Teacher English
From an English word for someone who taught schools.

Teacherman Popular Culture
Probably from the surname Teacher and mann meaning "man". Full surname probably means "man of teaching".

Teagarden Low German
The surname Teagarden was first found in Bavaria, where the name Tiegarten was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. The name appeared in Solingen as Thegarden as early as 1374 and was recorded as Tegarden in 1488... [more]

Teal English (Canadian)

Teare Manx
Manx form of McIntyre, from Manx "mac y teyr" and Irish "mac an tSaoir" meaning "son of the craftsman"

Tearle English

Tears Scottish

Teasdale English
From Teesdale, the name of a valley of the River Tees in northern England, derived from the river's name (meaning "warmth" in Old English) combined with dæl meaning "valley".

Teasley English

Teates German (Americanized)
Probably an altered spelling of German Dieter .

Teather English

Tebay English
From the name of a village in Cumbria, England, derived from the German name element theod meaning "people".

Tebble English

Tebbs English
Variant of Tibbs.

Tebenikhin m Russian

Tebogo Southern African

Tebow French (Americanized)
Americanized form of French Thibault.

Tecelão Portuguese (Rare)
Means "weaver."

Techaapaikhun Thai

Tecky French (African)

Tecson Filipino
From Hokkien 德孫 (tiak sun) meaning "virtuous grandchild, benevolent grandchild". The bearers of this name are said to be descended from any of the three Tek Son brothers who originally came from Guangzhou, China.

Tector English (Rare)

Tecuanhuehue Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "old tiger".

Tecuceanu Romanian
A topographical Romanian surname meaning "from Tecuci". Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county of Romania.

Tedder English
From the Middle English word Thedere or Teddere which either comes from the Old English name Thēodhere or the Germanic name Theudher. Alternatively, it could be an occupational name from the Middle English Teddere, meaning “one who teds”... [more]

Teder Estonian
Means "black grouse" in Estonian (species Tetrao tetrix, aka Lyrurus tetrix).

Tederich German, Swiss, Scandinavian
The origin and meaning of the surname Tederich is uncertain. It may be derived from the German word "Teder," which means tender or soft, or a variation of the surname Tiederich, which is a habitational name derived from Tiederen, a place name in Holstein.... [more]

Tedeschi Italian
Plural of Tedesco "German".

Tedford Scottish, Northern Irish, English

Tedison Indonesian

Tedman English

Tedpahogo Chamorro
Chamorro for "Not able to complete or finish"

Tedre Estonian
Tedre is an Estonian surname meaning "grouse" and "freckle".

Tedrekull Estonian
Tedrekull is an Estonian surname meaning "grouse hawk".

Tedros Eastern African, Amharic, Ge'ez, Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
From the given name Tedros.

Tedsungnoen Isan
From Thai สูงเนิน (Sung Noen) meaning "Sung Noen", a district in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Tedtaotao Chamorro
Chamorro name for person who has no people

Tee English

Tee Estonian
Tee is an Estonian surname meaning "road" or "causeway".

Tee Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zheng.

Teeäär Estonian
Teeäär is an Estonia surname meaning "roadside" and "wayside".

Teearu Estonian
Teearu is an Estonian surname meaning "road/lane grassland".

Teegon English (American)

Teekivi Estonian
Teekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "path stone".

Teelaht Estonian
Teelaht is an Estonian surname meaning "road/causeway bay".

Teemant Estonian
Teemant is an Estonian surname meaning "diamond".

Teeny Anglo-Norman

Teepere Estonian
Teepere is an Estonian surname meaning "roadway family".

Teesalu Estonian
Teesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "road grove".

Teetamm Estonian
Teetamm is an Estonian surname meaning "causeway" or "embankment".

Teetes German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Dietz

Teeuwen Dutch
Patronymic from a short form of Mattheus.

Teeveer Estonian
Teeveer is an Estonian surname meaning "road/causeway edge".

Tefft English
Variant of English Taft. This surname was already well established in Connecticut and Rhode Island by 1715.

Tefnin French

Tegaldo Italian
This surname is the Piedmontese origin. The Tegaldo last name comes from the Latin Teca (= shell beans). Its meaning is grower of vegetables (bean). Also it is known as vegetable farming... [more]

Tegan English
Variant of Teagan.

Tegeder German
I don't know.

Teggin Medieval Welsh
derived from tha ancient area of now Flintshire which was named Tegeingl

Tegnér Swedish
Derived from the name of Tegnaby parish in Småland, Sweden. The name was originally spelled Tegnérus, but was later shortened to Tegnér. Notable bearers include Alice Tegnér (1864-1943), composer of many Swedish hymns and children's songs, and Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846), bishop and writer.

Tegyuryukov m Yakut (Russified)
From Yakut төгүрүк (tögürük), meaning "circle".

Teh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.

Teheiura Tahitian
From the given name Teheiura.

Te Hira Maori

Tehu Estonian
Tehu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "tahuma" meaning to "hew" and "cut".

Tehuayo Moluccan

Tehupuring Moluccan

Teich German, Jewish
Derived from Middle High German tīch "pond".

Teigen Norwegian

Teimouri Persian
From the given name Teimour (see Timur).

Teisen Danish
Danish cognate of Tyson 1.

Teissièr Occitan
Occupational name meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.... [more]

Teitelbaum Jewish
From Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym) meaning "date palm".

Teitelboim Yiddish (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Teytlboym.

Teivas Estonian
Teivas is an Estonian surname meaning "pole", "staff" and "stake".

Teixeria Portuguese, English (Rare)
Variant of Teixeira, more commonly used in the United States likely by American-Portuguese citizens

Tejada Spanish
Meaning "roof" or "lime tree."

Tejas Spanish
Variant of Tejada.

Tejeda Spanish
Variant of Tejada.

Tejera f Caribbean

Tejero Spanish
Occupational Spanish surname for a tiler, its origin may be in Saragossa, Spain. A famous bearer is Antonio Tejero, a Lieutenant Colonel who was responsible for the 23-F coup attempt.

Tejidor Spanish

Tejima Japanese
Variant of Teshima.

Tek Turkish

Tek Turkish
Means "single, sole, unique" in Turkish.

Tekazewa Japanese

Teker Turkish
Means "disk, wheel" in Turkish.

Teketeke Eastern African, Southern African

Tekiji Japanese
適(Teki) means suitable, and 時(toki,ji) means Time, together 適時 (tekiji) means timely, the surname was borne from Oku Tekiji, a character from an upcoming fanganronpa, Danganronpa Twin Fates

Tekin Turkish
From an Old Turkish title meaning "prince".

Tekkalan Turkish (?)

Tekkel Estonian
Tekkel is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "teke" meaning "origin". "Tekkel" also means "college cap".

Teklić Croatian
Derived from teklić, a rare form of the word "messenger".

Telaga Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, mostly denoting agricultural laborers.

Telaumbanua Nias
Meaning uncertain.

Telee Indian
Variant transcription of Devanagari तेली (see Teli).

Telesco Italian

Teletović Bosnian

Telfair Scottish, English
Variant of Telfer.

Telfer Scottish, English
From a personal name based on a byname for a strong man or ferocious warrior, derived from Old French tailler "to cut" and fer "iron". Compare Taillefer, Tagliaferro.

Telford English
From the words taelf meaning "plateau" and ford meaning "river crossing"... [more]

Telger Low German
Derivative of Telge, a topographic name denoting an enclosed tree nursery.

Telgmaa Estonian
Telgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "axial land".

Teli Indian
From Sanskrit तेली (tēlī) meaning "oily" in Sanskrit. This is used by the Teli caste who traditionally specialized in oil pressing and trade.

Telichkin m Russian

Teliha Ukrainian

Telišman Croatian (Rare)
Unknown origin, probably from the word "talisman"

Telken German

Tell German (Swiss)

Tellechea Basque
Castilianized spelling of Telletxea, a habitational name meaning "(from) the house with tiles", composed of teila "roof tile" and etxe "house, home, building".

Teller English

Telleria Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque teileria meaning "tile works, tile kiln; place where tiles are made".

Téllez Spanish
from the given name Tello which is the Spanish form of the name Tellus, meaning "earth" in Latin

Tellier French

Tellinghuisen East Frisian (Americanized)
Altered form of Tellinghusen.

Tellinghusen East Frisian
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified location in Lower Saxony.

Tellis Estonian
Tellis is an Estonian surname meaning "brick".

Tellisaar Estonian
Tellisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "brick island".

Telliskivi Estonian
Telliskivi is an Estonian surname meaning "brick stone".

Tellus Maltese

Telushkov m Russian

Telyakov m Russian

Telyatynskyy m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian телятина (telyatyna), meaning "veal (meat)".

Tembe Portuguese

Temblador Spanish

Temchenko Ukrainian

Temel Turkish
From the given name Temel.

Temelkoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Temelkoski.

Temelkoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Temelko".

Temelkov m Macedonian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Temelko".

Temelkova f Macedonian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Temelkov.

Temelkovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Temelkovski.

Temelkovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Temelko".

Temirbekov m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Temirbek".

Temirbekova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Temirbekov.

Temirgaliyev m Tatar (Russified)
Russified form of Timergaliev.

Temirkhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Temirkhan".

Temirkhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Temirkhanov.

Temirov Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tajik
Means "son of Temir".

Temirzhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Temirzhan".

Temirzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Temirzhanov.

Temiz Turkish
Means "clean, neat, pure" in Turkish.

Temmyo Japanese

Temnikov m Russian

Temotowa kastila

Tempe English

Tempest English (British)
English (Yorkshire): nickname for someone with a blustery temperament, from Middle English, Old French tempest(e) ‘storm’ (Latin tempestas ‘weather’, ‘season’, a derivative of tempus ‘time’).

Tempesta Italian
Originally a nickname for a person with a blustery temperament, from Italian tempesta meaning "storm, tempest" (compare Tempest).... [more]

Tempesta Romansh
Derived from Romansh tempesta "hailstorm".

Tempesti Italian

Tempini Italian

Temple English, French
Occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses ("temples") maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum)... [more]

Templeman English

Templer English
Templer is an Old English surname denoting either a servant of one of the Knights Templar, or a person living near or serving at a church. The meaning is “church attendant”.