TaalmaaEstonian Taalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "taal (thaler) maa (land)"
TaaramäeEstonian Taaramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "Taara's hill/mountain". Taara is a prominent god in ancient Estonian mythology.
TabakJewish Metonymic occupational name for a seller of tobacco, from German Tabak, Yiddish and Ukrainian tabik (all ultimately from Spanish tabaco, a word of Caribbean origin). Tobacco was introduced to Europe in the 16th century.
TabakDutch Occupational name for a butcher or hog breeder, from Middle Dutch tucbake composed of tucken "to pull, push, strike" and bake "hog, pig; meat from the back of a pig".
TabatabaeiPersian From the name of Ibrahim Tabataba ibn Ismail, a descendant of Ali. He was supposedly given the name because he pronounced the Persian word قبا (qaba) (meaning "garment, cloak") as طبا (taba).
TabbertGerman, Frisian From Middle Low German tabbert, Middle Dutch tabbaert ‘tabard’, a sleeveless overgarment worn by men in the Middle Ages, (ultimately from French tabard, from Late Latin tabardum)... [more]
TabernerCatalan It literally means someone who owns a tavern.
TaberneroSpanish Tabernero is a Spanish-language occupational surname literally meaning "tavern keeper".
TabetaJapanese In eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands, its often written as 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" and 端 (beta) meaning "edge, end". However, tabe has also been spelled with 多 (ta) meaning "many" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
TabiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 多比 (Tabi) meaning "Tabi", an area in the city of Numazu in the prefecture of Shizuoka in Japan.
TabibiPersian From Persian طبیب (tabib) meaning "doctor, physician" (of Arabic origin).
TachikawaJapanese Tachi means "stand" and kawa means "river, stream".
TachikuraJapanese Tachi means "stand" and kura means "granary, storehouse, warehouse, have, possess".
TachuriTelugu THE GREAT LITTLESTAR SURNAME IS TACHURI
TaciroğluTurkish Taciroğlu is a last name adopted by a merchant family in Turkey in January 1934. It literally means "Son of Merchant". "Tacir" is an Arabic word (" التاجر ") in origin which means trader in Turkish... [more]
TackleberryPopular Culture, American (Rare) This is a surname most notably used by Officer Eugene Tackleberry (played by the lovably hilarious David Graf) in the classic Police Academy movies of the 1980s-90s. Officer Tackleberry is a markedly boyish police officer who has a passionate adoration for guns and adventure... [more]
TaczaPolish Deppreciation of TARCZA which means shield in Polish.
TaczanowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages in Gmina Pleszew: Taczanów Pierwszy or Taczanów Drugi.
TadaJapanese From the Japanese 多 (ta) "many" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."
TadokoroJapanese Tadokoro literally means "farmland, country". It is spelled with 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".
TafajAlbanian Means "descendant of Tafa", from a short form of the given name Mustafa.
TafaraShona Tafara means "We are happy or we rejoice". It is a name of rejoicing
TaffeEnglish Of Irish origin, derived from the Gaelic surname "Ó Táth," meaning "descendant of Táth." It's believed to have originated as a personal name, possibly meaning "poet" or "philosopher."
TafollaSpanish Possibly a derivative of southern Spanish tafulla, tahulla, a term denoting a measure of land. The surname is not found in present-day Spain.
TafuJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 多布 (Tafu) meaning "Tafu", a former township in the former district of Kōge in the former Japanese province of Buzen in parts of present-day Ōita, Japan and Fukuoka, Japan.
ŢagaRomanian Țaga is a commune and village in Cluj County, Romania.
TagaEstonian Taga is an Estonian surname meaning "behind".
TagalogFilipino Of uncertain etymology. It could be from Filipino prefix taga- "native of" combined either from alog "ford" or ilog "river". It could also be from Tagal, a name of some tribes in Borneo or Sumatra... [more]
TagametsEstonian Tagamets is an Estonian surname meaning "behind/back of forest".
TagliaferroItalian From Italian tagliare "to cut" and ferro "iron", an occupational name for an ironworker, or a nickname for a strong or ferocious fighter, one who was adept at cutting through the cuirass of the enemy with his sword... [more]
TaiberGerman German (also Täuber) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Taube ‘pigeon, dove’. The -er inflection denotes the male bird, but in most cases this is an occupational name for a pigeon breeder, from an agent noun derivative ending in -er(t).
TaibiSicilian Taibi is a Sicilian nickname for a robust person; from Arabic ṭayyib "in good health".
TailwalIndian Tailwal is a Garhwali Brahmin surname used in the state of Uttarakhand. Tailwal are Kanyakubja Brahmin. They came from western-Central part of India and settled in Taila village of Garhwal in 1600.
TaimEstonian Taim is an Estonian surname meaning "plant", "herb" and "seedling".
TakagiJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
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]
TakahoshiJapanese From Japanese 高 (Taka) meaning "tall, high" and 星 (Hoshi) meaning "star" or other kanji with the same pronunciation.
TakaiJapanese From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "expensive" and 井 (i) "well."
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."
TakamachiJapanese A surname of Japanese origin. It means "high town". Notable bearers are Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Shiro and Miyuki Takamachi from Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever.
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]
TakamatsuJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
TakamiJapanese Taka means "High, Tall, Expensive" and Mi means "Viewing, See, Outlook".
TakamineJapanese Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".
TakamitsuJapanese "Taka" is high or tall, "Mitsu" is light (as in sunlight, lightbulb). This is a rare family name in Japan. It was created by a family within that last century, but strangely enough a couple other families with no blood relation have showed up with that surname within the last 20 years in the Japanese phonebook.
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]
TakebeJapanese From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial", 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo", or 建 (take) meaning "build, construct", and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
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.