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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.
Tulinius Icelandicthis name is a family name/surname, which are held by only about 10% of Icelanders. The majority of Icelanders use patronymic names and not family names.
Tulip EnglishHabitational name for a person who lived in an area abundant with tulips.
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.
Tumbrell English (Rare, Archaic)Etymology uncertain. Possibly derived from Old English
tumbrel, a kind of small, two-wheeled cart designed to be easily tipped over, or from a variant form of
timbrel, a percussion instrument similar to a tambourine.
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.
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
gæt "way path road street gate".
Tunnard EnglishMeans "town herd", from Old English
tun "town, enclosure, yard" and
heord "a herd", an occupational name for someone who guarded the town’s cattle.
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 ItalianMeans "Turkish" in Italian, an ethnic name for someone from
Turkey, 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
Turek Polish, CzechEither meaning "a Turk", or coming from one of many the cities in Poland called
Turek.
Türer GermanMeans "doormaker" in German, from German
Tür "door".
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").
Turnburke AusturianThis is my mother's maiden name. Her grandfather, Francis Turnburke was born in Lisbon Portugal in 1825. This family lived in Washington D C. It is said the name was changed from Turnburg to Turnburk then to Turnburke.
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.
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
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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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Tutumlu TurkishFrom the Turkish word
tutumlu meaning "frugal, thrifty".
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".
Tuzla TurkishFrom a city in Bosnia named "Tuzla" or "salt mine". Formally occupied by the Ottoman Empire.
Twain AmericanMost famously borne in the pen name of American author and one time Mississippi riverboat pilot Mark Twain (1835-1910), whose real name is Samuel Langhorne
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Twardowski PolishThis indicates familial origin within any of 3 Greater Polish villages: 2 named Twardowo or 1 named Twardów.
Tweak Popular CultureTweek Tweak is one of the reoccurring characters on the animated TV series South Park.
Twersky RussianRussian surname derived from Tver Oblast (known as Kalinin from 1931-1990, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Twine EnglishMetonymic occupational name for a maker of string or thread, and derived from Old English
twin meaning "thread, string".
Twiner EnglishOccupational name for a maker of thread or twine; an agent derivative of Old English
twinen meaning "to twine".
Twiners EnglishTwiners are the climbing plants that wind themselves around supports like ropes and rods with their touch-sensitive main shoots, and grow upwards in this way.
Twining EnglishFrom the name of the village of Twyning in Gloucestershire, derived from Old English
betweonan meaning "between" and
eam meaning "river".
Twocock EnglishTwocock literally translates to "twin cocks" and was likely given to someone who was perceived to have a fierce or aggressive personality, like a rooster.
Twyford EnglishEnglish habitational name from any of the numerous places named Twyford, for example in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, and Norfolk, from Old English
twi- ‘double’ +
ford ‘ford’.
Tyagi Indian, HindiDerived from Sanskrit त्यागिन्
(tyagin) meaning "leaving, abandoning, sacrificing", so named because some members of this caste may have chosen to leave their traditional practice of agriculture in favor of learning and teaching-based occupations (or vice versa).
Tyner IrishAn Anglicized version of the Gaelic name
O Teimhneain, which is derived from the word
teimhean, meaning "dark."
Tyree Scottish, EnglishA name that evolved among the descendants of the people of the kingdom of Dalriada in ancient Scotland.
Tyrone IrishProbably a habitational name from the county of
Tyrone (Gaelic Tir Eoghain "land of
Owen 2") in Ulster.
Tysk SwedishMeans "German" in Swedish. It probably started out as a nickname for someone who had immigrated from Germany or for someone who had German ancestry. It could also be a 'soldier name' and refer to the military unit someone belonged to... [
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Tysoe EnglishDenoted the bearer was from the parish of Tysoe, Warwickshire, England. The name of the parish is derived from Old English
Tīges hōh, meaning "spur of land belonging to the god Tiw." (Tiw was the Old English name for the Roman deity Mars, and also inspired the name of Tuesday.)
Tyutyunnik RussianOccupational name for a tobacco tycoon, derived from Slavic word
tyutyun literally meaning "tobacco".
Tzvi HebrewFrom the given name
Tzvi, means "gazelle, roebuck" in Hebrew.
Tzviad Hebrew (Modern)Combination of the name
Tzvi and the word
עַד (
ʿaḏ) "an eternity". The illustration of the gazelle, along with the value of eternity, creates a meaning that represents the beauty and existence of the Land of Israel.
Uba JapaneseFrom Japanese 姥 (
Uba) meaning "Uba", a division in the division of Akougi in the area of Kasasa in the city of Minamisatsuma in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
Ubukata JapaneseFrom 生 (
ubu) meaning "life, live, raw, fresh" or 冲 (
ubu) meaning "offing, open sea" and 方 (
kata) meaning "person, alternative, square, direction".
Uçan TurkishMeans "flying" or "fugitive, volatile" in Turkish.
Ucar Croatian1 Croatian, Serbian, and eastern Slovenian: ironic nickname for an autocratic person, from car ‘tsar’.... [
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Uceda SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.