Submitted Surnames Starting with T

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Thurman English (Rare)
Composed of the elements þórr (see Thor) and mundr "protection".
Thursby English
habitational 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"... [more]
Thurston English
Derived from the Old Norse personal name þórsteinn (see Torsten).
Thushara Sinhalese
From the given name Thushara.
Thynne English
Either a nickname meaning “thin”, from Old English þynne, or the designation “of th’Inne” for someone who lived at the Inn of Court.
Thys Flemish, Dutch (Americanized)
Variant of a patronymic form of the given name Thijs.
Tiago Portuguese
From the given name Tiago.
Tiäkenbuorch Low German
Westphalian, it indicates familial origin within the eponymous town.
Tiannaimuang Thai
The surname "เถียรในเมือง" is used after the place they was born: Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
Tiao Taiwanese, Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan and Hokkien romanization of Zhang.
Tiao Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 刁 (see Diao).
Tibayan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "strengthen, secure, steady" in Tagalog.
Tibu Estonian
Tibu is an Estonian surname meaning "chicken".
Tiburcio Spanish
From the given name Tiburcio
Tico Spanish
From the given Tico.
Ticozzi Italian
Possibly derived from the given name Ardito or its diminutive forms Ardizzo or Ardizzone.
Tidd English
This 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 German
Possibly a combination of the german word “Tiefe” meaning depths, and germanic brun, meaning armor, protection
Tielle Dutch
Possibly related to Thiel.
Tiensuu Finnish
Means "The road's mouth". Tien means "the road" and Suu means "mouth" in Finnish.
Tiesema Frisian
It's a patronym and it means "son of Ties".
Tiết Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Xue, from Sino-Vietnamese 薛 (tiết).
Tietjen German
Primarily found in northern Germany. "Tiet" is a variant of "Dieter" and "Dietrich", and the "-jen" suffix is a diminutive ending.
Tiêu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Xiao, from Sino-Vietnamese 蕭 (tiêu).
Tiffany English
From 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.
Tiffen English (British, Rare)
Tiffen is a diminutive of Tiffany which is in turn a diminutive of Theophania... [more]
Tift English
Variant of Toft.
Tiger Swedish
Perhaps taken from Swedish tiga "to keep quiet, to say nothing". Tiger is one of the names adopted by Swedish soldiers in the 17th century.
Tihane Estonian
Tihane is an Estonian surname meaning "tit" and "titmouse" ("Paridae").
Tiidus Estonian
Tiidus is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Titus".
Tiigi Estonian
Tiigi is an Estonian surname meaning "pond".
Tiigimaa Estonian
Tiigimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pond land".
Tiigirand Estonian
Tiigirand is an Estonian surname meaning "pond shore".
Tiik Estonian
Tiik is an Estonian surname meaning "pond".
Tiikjärv Estonian
Tiikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "pond lake".
Tiirmaa Estonian
Tiirmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "twirl/wander "land".
Tiis Estonian
Tiis is an Estonian surname; a shortening of the word "tiisel" meaning "pole" and "beam".
Tiisel Estonian
Tiisel is an Estonian surname meaning "pole" and "beam".
Tiislär Estonian
Tiislär is an Estonian surname derived from "tiis" meaning "beam" and "pole".
Tiit Estonian
Tiit is an Estonian surname as well as a masculine given name.
Tiitsmaa Estonian
Tiitsmaa is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Tiit" and "maa ("land"); "Tiit's land".
Tikhanchik Russian
Derived from тихо (tikho) meaning "quiet".
Tikhanovskaya f Russian
Russian form of Tsikhanouskaya. The standard form is Tikhonovskaya, but when referring to the politician Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Russian, Tikhanovskaya is used.
Tikhon'ko Russian
Means "quietly" in Russian.
Tikhonov Russian
Means "son of Tikhon".
Tikhonovskiy m Russian
From the given name Tikhon.
Tikka Finnish
means "woodpecker" in Finnish
Tikkanen Finnish
Meaning "small woodpecker".
Tikker Estonian
Tikker is an Estonian surname meaning "gooseberry".
Tikko Estonian
Tikko is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "tikker" meaning "gooseberry" or from "tikk" meaning "match" and "peg".
Tilakarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).
Tilakarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).
Tilakaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).
Tilakaratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).
Tilakasiri Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකසිරි (see Thilakasiri).
Tilakawardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකවර්ධන (see Thilakawardana).
Tilea Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Tilga Estonian
Possibly derived from the name of either of two villages in Estonia.
Tilk Estonian
Tilk is an Estonian surname meaning "drop" or "droplet".
Till German
From the given name Till.
Tillakaratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).
Tilney English
Used in farming familys back in the 18th century but its still living true! but this very rare and uniqe name is only used in three family in australia.
Tilsley English
Derived from the place name Tyldesley, which in turn derives from Old English personal name Tīlweald with the suffix lēah “clearing, meadow”. Notable bearers of this name include Canadian salvationist and writer Bramwell Tillsley, as well as Welsh poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Gwilym Tilsley known under his bardic name of "Tilsli".... [more]
Tilton English (American)
The surname Tilton is an English habitational name that originated in Tilton, Leicestershire. It comes from the Old English words tūn, which means "farmstead settlement", and the Old English personal name Tila or Tilla, and means "fertile estate".
Tim English
https://www.houseofnames.com/tim-family-crest
Timber English
An occupational name for a person who chops down trees.
Timberley American, English (Rare)
Means "timber clearing" in English. From the Middle English words tymber, meaning wood trees, and leah, meaning clearing. The name's origin be related to tree farming.... [more]
Timcke German (Rare)
Timcke originated in Germany and has existed since the origin of the Germanic language.
Timm German, Dutch, English
English: probably from an otherwise unrecorded Old English personal name, cognate with the attested Continental Germanic form Timmo. This is of uncertain origin, perhaps a short form of Dietmar... [more]
Timmer Dutch, Low German
Means "timber" in Dutch and Low German, an occupational name for a carpenter.
Timmerman Dutch, Flemish
Means "carpenter" in Dutch, literally "timber man".
Timmermans Dutch, Flemish
Patronymic form of Timmerman.
Timmins English
Patronymic derived from a medieval diminutive of Timothy.
Timmons Irish
Reduced anglicisation of Gaelic Mac Toimín meaning "son of Toimín" (a pet form of Tomás, itself a Gaelic form of Thomas)... [more]
Timofeev Russian
Means "son of Timofey".
Timofeeva f Russian
Feminine form of Timofeev.
Timofeyev Russian
Variant transcription of Timofeev.
Timonen Finnish
From the given name Timo 1.
Timoney Irish (Gallicized)
The name Timoney is an Irish name. It originated in the west of Ireland. In Irish it is O'Tiománaí. Tiománaí means driver in Irish.
Timoteo Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Timoteo.
Tímóteussdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Tímóteus" in Icelandic.
Tímoteussdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Tímoteus" in Icelandic.
Tímóteusson Icelandic
Means "son of Tímóteus" in Icelandic.
Tímoteusson Icelandic
Means "son of Tímoteus" in Icelandic.
Timothée French
From the given name Timothée.
Timotheou Greek
Means "son of Timotheos" in Greek.
Timothy English
From the given name Timothy
Timpano Italian
for working stone in big buildings, like temples
Timsit Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the village of Temzit located in the Nafusa region in western Libya.
Tin Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Tian.
Tindog Filipino, Cebuano
Means "rise, stand up" in Cebuano.
Tinetariro Shona
Tinetariro means "We have hope". Usually given to declare that we have our hope in God.
Ting Chinese (Min Dong)
Min Dong romanization of Chen.
Ting Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 丁 (see Ding).
Tingle English
Derived from Middle English tingel, referring to a kind of very small nail (a word of North German origin); this was either an occupational name for a maker of pins or nails, or else a nickname for a small thin man.... [more]
Tinklenberg German
Probably of German origin, a habitational name from Tecklenburg in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Tinks English
Variant of Tink.
Tinsley English
From a place name in England composed of the unattested name Tynni and Old English hlaw "hill, mound, barrow".
Tint Estonian
Tint is an Estonian surname meaning "ink".
Tinworth English (New Zealand)
Tinworth, a fictional Cornish village, the location of Shell Cottage in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Also a rare surname, mostly found in New Zealand.
Tio Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhang.
Tiongson Filipino
Derived from either Hokkien 長孫 (tióng-sun) meaning "eldest grandchild" or 仲孫 (tiōng-sun) meaning "second oldest grandchild, middle grandchild".
Tippetts English (American)
Tippetts Recorded as Tipp, Tippe, diminutives Tippell, Tippets, Tipping, patronymics Tippett, Tipples, Tippins, and possibly others, this is a medieval English surname. ... [more]
Tipput Thai
Variant of Tiput.
Tirado Spanish
Likely a nickname for a person with long limbs, from the Spanish tirado meaning "stretched".
Tiriliomis Greek
Tirilomis is the masc variation, Tiriliomi the fem.
Tisch Jewish, German
Metonymic occupational name for a joiner, from German "Tisch", Yiddish "tish" meaning table.
Tischbein German, Literature
Means "table leg" in German, from German tisch "table" and bein "leg". This was the surname of a German family of master artists from Hesse which spanned three generations. This is also the surname of the main character of the 1929 novel Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner, Emil Tischbein.
Tischner German
Tischner means carpenter.
Tisdale English
Variant spelling of Teasdale. Famous bearers or this name include the actress and singer Ashley Tisdale (1985-), basketball player and bass guitarist Wayman Tisdale (1964-2009) and the engraver, miniature painter and cartoonist Elkanah Tisdale (1768-1835), all Americans.
Tisgaonkar Marathi
It is derived from the words “tis” meaning “three” and “gaonkar” meaning “landlord or village headman.” The surname’s meaning is “the headman of three villages.”
Tišljar Croatian
Derived from Chakavian Croatian tišljar, meaning "carpenter".
Tissera Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Teixeira.
Tisserand French
French for "weaver."
Tisseur French
Occupational surname meaning "weaver".
Tith Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Titov Russian
Means "son of Tit".
Titus German, English, Welsh
From the given name Titus. Cognate to Tito.
Tiwana Indian, Pakistani, Punjabi
Habitational name from the village of Tiwana in present-day Pakistan.
Tizio Italian
From the given name Tizio
Tizzoni Italian
From Italian tizzone "embers, live coal; firebrand", probably a nickname for a troublemaker or revolutionary.
Tjalsma West Frisian
Frisian, meaning son of Tjalling.
Tjernström Swedish
Combination of Swedish tjärn "tarn" and ström "stream".
Tjia Chinese (Hokkien)
Dutch-influenced spelling of Chia used in Indonesia.
Tjoa Filipino
Filipino for Cai.
Tkáč Slovak
From Slovak words Tkáč and Tkať meaning "A weaver" and "To weave" respectively.
Tkach Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish and Ukrainian surname meaning tailor.
Tkach Ukrainian, Jewish (?)
From Ukrainian ткач (tkach), meaning "weaver".
Tkachyov m Russian
From Russian ткач (tkach), meaning "weaver".
Tkacz Polish, Jewish
Variant of Tkach. Means 'to weave'
Tkacz Jewish
Occupational name for a weaver, Polish tkacz, a noun derivative of tkać "to weave".
Tkacz Jewish
Occupational name for a weaver, Polish tkacz, a noun derivative of tkać "to weave".
Tkacz Jewish
Occupational name for a weaver, Polish tkacz, a noun derivative of tkać "to weave".
Tkhakushinov Circassian (Russified)
Of unknown meaning. A notable bearer is Aslan Tkhakushinov (1947-), a former Head of the Republic of Adygea.
Tlatilpa Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from a given name.
Tlatilpa Aztec
It means where fire is born.
Tlebzu Circassian (Russified)
Derived from Adyghe лӏы (ḷə) meaning "husband, man" and бзэу (bzăw) meaning "deer, stag".
Tlemsani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Tlemcen, the name of a city in north-western Algeria.
To Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 塔 (see ).
To Vietnamese
Simplified variant of .
Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Su from Sino-Vietnamese 蘇 (tô).
Japanese (Rare)
Contracted form of Tafu and written 塔.
Toal Irish
Irish
Toba Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (to) meaning "bird" and 羽 (ba) meaning "feather".
Tobar Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.
Tobe Japanese
To ("Door") + Be ("Section, Part"). It's similar to Abe 2, kanji wise. Sunaho Tobe is a freelance illustrator and character designer.
Tobi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 登 (to) meaning "to climb; to rise" and 日 (bi), the joining form of 日 (hi) meaning "sun; day", referring to a port that is closest to sunrise.
Tobías Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Jewish
From the given name Tobías.
Tobing Batak
Means "riverbank, edge" in Batak. It is also used as a short form of Lumbantobing.
Tobreluts Estonian
Tobreluts is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "tobra" meaning "good" and "luts" meaning "burbot" (a type of fish).
Tobys Vilamovian
From the given name Tobyś.
Tochihuitl Aztec, Nahuatl
Means ‘Rabbit Feather Down’ - ‘down’ as in soft feathers. It’s a combination of tochitl meaning "rabbit" and ihuitl meaning "feather" particularly small ones.