SyracuseItalian (Anglicized) Americanized spelling of Siracusa. This is also the name of a city in the U.S. state of New York, though the etymology is unrelated.
SzokolyiHungarian Derived from Szokolya, a village in Pest county, Hungary. It is located in the largest basin of the Börzsöny Hills. The Morgó Brook runs across the village.
TadokoroJapanese It literally means "farmland, country", from 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".
TagametsEstonian Tagamets is an Estonian surname meaning "behind/back of forest".
TagaväliEstonian Tagaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "behind/back of field".
TakagiriJapanese 高 (Taka) means "high, tall, expensive" and giri is a variant of 桐 (Kiri) meaning "foxglove, paulownia tree".... [more]
TakahamaJapanese Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and hama means "beach".
TakaharaJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
TakaharaItalian Takahara means "Treasure" in Italian. It was created as a family name only two generations ago.
TakahataJapanese 高 (Taka) means "expensive, tall, high" and 畑 (hata) means "field, farmland".... [more]
TakahideJapanese (Rare) Taka means "eagle" such as in surname "Takasu" but more commonly means "tall,high" instead. Hide means "fine,excellence". This must be one of the very few Japanese surnames that has "Hide" in it. It is mostly just a first name element... [more]
TakakuraJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".
TakakuwaJapanese From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "tall," "expensive" and 桑 (kuwa) "mulberry tree."
TakamakiJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, book, roll up, tie" or 高巻 (takamaki) meaning "to detour around a waterfall"
TakamaruJapanese This surname is used as 高丸 with 高 (kou, taka.i, taka, -daka, taka.maru, taka.meru) meaning "expensive, high, tall" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."... [more]
TakamineJapanese Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".
TakamiyaJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
TakazatoJapanese 高 (Taka) means "high, expensive, tall" and zato is a variant of 里 (sato) meaning "type of measurement, village, league, parent's home". ... [more]
TakeharaJapanese (Rare) Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.
TalloranGerman (Modern, ?) It is unknown whether Talloran is a real surname or not. However, the surname means "brave" and is given to James Talloran, a fictional character working for the SCP Foundation. The SCP Foundation is a secret organization that studies the paranormal... [more]
TalujärvEstonian Talujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "farm lake".
TalukderBengali From a title for land-owning aristocrats in the Mughal Empire and British Raj who were responsible for collecting taxes. The title itself was derived from Arabic تعلق (ta'alluq) meaning "attachment, affiliation" combined with the Persian suffix دار (-dar) indicating ownership.
TalumetsEstonian Talumets is an Estonian surname literally meaning "farm (talu) forest (mets)"; a farmstead in or near a forest.
TalusaarEstonian Talusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "farm island".
TamenariJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former area in the city of Bungotakada in the prefecture of Ōita in Japan.... [more]
TamenariJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former division in the area of Fuchū in the city of Toyama in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [more]
TammearuEstonian Tammearu is an Estonian surname meaning "oaken upland meadow".
TammemaaEstonian Tammemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "oak land".
TammeoksEstonian Tammeoks is an Estonian surname meaning "oak branch".
TammeorgEstonian Tammeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "oak valley".
TammepuuEstonian Tammepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak tree".
TamminenFinnish From "tammi" meaning "oak tree". A place with lot of oaks.
TammisteEstonian Tammiste is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" meaning "oak".
TammjärvEstonian Tammjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "oak lake" and "dam/levee lake".
TammsaarEstonian Tammsaar is an Estonian surname, meaning "oak island".
TammsaluEstonian Tammsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak ridge".
TamrakarNewar, Indian Means "copper maker; craftsman" in Sanskrit. This is used by the Tamrakar caste of Nepal and India, and mainly of Newar ethnicity in Nepal.
TänavotsEstonian Tänavots is an Estonian surname meaning "street end".
TänavsuuEstonian Tänavsuu 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").
TarafdarBengali From 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.
TazelaarDutch Dutch (Zeeland) variant of ’t Hazelaar "the hazel bush", a topographic name for someone living by hazel bushes.
TeasdaleEnglish 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".
TedeschiItalian Plural; From the Italian word tedesco meaning "German".
TelleriaBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in Leioa, Comarca of Bilbo or the one in Urdazubi, Comarca of Baztan.
TempestaItalian Originally a nickname for a person with a blustery temperament, from Italian tempesta meaning "storm, tempest" (compare Tempest).... [more]
TerpstraWest Frisian, Dutch Derived from terp, a kind of artificial hill used as shelter during floods or high tide, and the Frisian habitational suffix -stra.
ThackeryEnglish English (Yorkshire) habitational name from Thackray in the parish of Great Timble, West Yorkshire, now submerged in Fewston reservoir. It was named with Old Norse þak ‘thatching’, ‘reeds’ + (v)rá ‘nook’, ‘corner’.
ThirringUpper 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... [more]
ThornleyEnglish Derived 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"... [more]
ThrestonMedieval 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:... [more]
ThunbergSwedish Combination of Swedish tun (from Old Norse tún) "enclosure, courtyard, plot, fence" and berg "mountain".