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Thanos GreekFrom 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.
Thao HmongFrom the clan name
Thoj associated with the Chinese character 陶
(táo) (see
Tao).
Tharu NepaliPossibly refers to the Tharu, an indigenous ethnic group of Nepal.
Theall EnglishTheall is a rare English surname. It originates from the British town of Theale.
Theron Southern African, Afrikaans, OccitanHabitational 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".
Theuma MalteseMost 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".
Thevar TamilThe 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.
Thianthong ThaiFrom Thai เทียน
(thian) meaning "candle" and ทอง
(thong) meaning "gold".
Thiel GermanDerived from Old High German
thiot "people".
Thilakaratne SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit तिलक
(tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament" and रत्न
(ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Thilakasiri SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit तिलक
(tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament" and श्री
(shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Thilakawardana SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit तिलक
(tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament" and वर्धन
(vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Thirimanne SinhaleseFrom an element with an unknown meaning combined with Sanskrit माने
(māne) meaning "meaning, purpose".
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... [
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Thistle EnglishDerived from Middle English
thistel "thistle", this was either a nickname or a topographic name for someone who lived near a place overgrown with thistles.
Thistlethwaite EnglishHabitational name for a person from Thistlewood in Castle Sowerby, or from a lost place named Thistelthuait in Lancashire. The placenames derive from Old English
þistel "thistle" and Old Norse
þveit "clearing" (cf... [
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Thoma German, German (Swiss)German and Swiss German: variant of Thomas. Greek: genitive patronymic from Thomas. Genitive patronymics are particularly associated with Cyprus.
Thongsavanh LaoFrom Lao ທອງ
(thong) meaning "gold" and ສະຫວັນ
(savanh) meaning "heaven".
Thongsing ThaiFrom Thai ทอง
(thong) meaning "gold" and สิงห์
(sing) meaning "lion".
Thongsuk ThaiFrom Thai ทอง
(thong) meaning "gold" and สุก
(suk) meaning "ripe, mature".
Thongthip Lao, ThaiFrom Thai ทอง
(thong) or Lao ທອງ
(thong) meaning "gold" and Thai ทิพย์
(thip) or Lao ທິບ
(thip) meaning "divine, heavenly, celestial".
Thorbecke GermanPossibly from an unknown place name meaning either "at the brook" or "
Thor's stream" in German. A noteworthy bearer was the Dutch liberal statesman and prime minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798-1872), whose family was of German origin; he is best known for almost single-handedly drafting the revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, which turned the country from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy, during the Revolutions of 1848.
Thoreau EnglishLast name of famous American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, sage writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau.
Thorén SwedishCombination of the name
Thor (possibly derived from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix
-én.
Thörn SwedishEither a cognate of English
Thorn or German
Torn, or a soldier name derived from Swedish
törn "thorn".
Thornburg EnglishThe name Thornburg comes from the Old English
thorn broc, because the original bearers lived near a "stream by the thorns" in Buckinghamshire and North Yorkshire.
Thornhill EnglishHabitational name from any of various places named Thornhill, for example in Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire, from Old English
þorn "thorn bush" +
hyll "hill".
Thornley EnglishDerived from
Thornley, which is the name of three villages in England (two are located in the county of Durham, the third in Lancashire). All three villages derive their name from Old English
þorn "thorn" and Old English
leah "clearing (in a wood), glade", which gives their name the meaning of "the thorny glade"... [
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Thorsby Englishhabitational name from North and South Thoresby (Lincolnshire) Thoresby in Carperby (North Yorkshire) or Thoresby in Perlethorpe cum Budby (Nottinghamshire). The Lincolnshire and Yorkshire placenames derive from the Old Norse personal name
Thorir (genitive Thoris) + Old Norse
býr "farmstead village"... [
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Thrall EnglishDerived from Old English
þræl "slave, serf, thrall".
Threepwood EnglishThe last name of the main pirate character in Lucaart's Monkey Island.
Threston Medieval English (Rare)The surname of Threston is English in origin, and, means "to twist"** and, can be traced as far back as the 11th century where the name is found in the "Domesday Book." The name Threston is a variation of the name of the town of Threxton, Norfolk, UK, and, there are several variations of the name Threxton including:... [
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Thulin SwedishMeaning uncertain. Possibly derived from
thule, an ancient Greek and Roman term for an area in northern Europe which some believe to be the Nordic countries.
Thulis IrishThe meaning of the name is unclear, but it seems to derive from the pre 13th century Gaelic
O' Tuathalain suggesting that it was probably religious and may translate as "The male descendant of the follower of the lord".
Thunberg SwedishCombination of Swedish
tun (from Old Norse
tún) "enclosure, courtyard, plot, fence" and
berg "mountain".
Thundercloud EnglishThis was the last name of a person I saw on YouTube. It was actually their last name. I am not joking at all. According to this site, it ranks 128,249 out of 162,253. It's a pretty badass last name... [
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Thurles EnglishToday's generation of the Thurles family bears a name that was brought to England by the migration wave that was started by the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Thurles family lived in Suffolk, at
Thurlow which was in turn derived from the Old English word
tryohlaw, meaning dweller by the hill.
Thursby Englishhabitational name from a place in Cumbria so named from the Old Norse personal name
Thorir a derivative of
Thor and Old Norse
býr "farmstead settlement"... [
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Thwing EnglishHabitational name from a place so called in East Yorkshire named with Old Norse
thvengr or Old English
thweng "narrow strip of land".
Thynne EnglishEither a nickname meaning “thin”, from Old English
þynne, or the designation “of th’Inne” for someone who lived at the Inn of Court.
Tiannaimuang ThaiThe surname "เถียรในเมือง" is used after the place they was born: Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
Tidd EnglishThis Old English Surname was derived from a hill named after its resemblance to a
teat or
tead (mammary gland) of which Tidd is a variant. That name became a name for the locale and further by extension for its people.
Tiefenbrunn GermanPossibly a combination of the german word “Tiefe” meaning depths, and germanic
brun, meaning armor, protection
Tiensuu FinnishMeans "The road's mouth". Tien means "the road" and Suu means "mouth" in Finnish.
Tietjen GermanPrimarily found in northern Germany. "Tiet" is a variant of "Dieter" and "Dietrich", and the "-jen" suffix is a diminutive ending.
Tiffany EnglishFrom the medieval female personal name
Tiffania (Old French
Tiphaine, from Greek
Theophania, a compound of
theos "God" and
phainein "to appear"). This name was often given to girls born around the feast of Epiphany.