Submitted Surnames Starting with T

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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]
Tim English
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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]
Timmerman Dutch
"carpenter"
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".
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
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, Chinese (Cantonese)
Alternate transcription of Chinese 丁 (see Ding) as well as the Cantonese romanization.
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.
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.
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".
Tisserand French
French for "weaver."
Tisseur French
Occupational surname meaning "weaver".
Tith Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Titov Russian
Means "son of Tit".
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.
Tjernström Swedish
Combination of Swedish tjärn "tarn" and ström "stream".
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.
Tkacz Polish, Jewish
Variant of Tkach. Means '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, 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 Tobys.
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.
Toda Japanese
Japanese: there are multiple meanings with this surname depending on the kanji used. ... [more]
Todachine Navajo
Variant of Todicheene meaning "bitter water people."
Todde Italian
From a modification of Latin tollere "to lift, to raise; to destroy". Alternately, may derive from the medieval Sardinian name Totolle.
Todeschini Italian
From Italian tedesco "German, of Germany".
Todhunter English
From the Old English word todde, meaning "fox", with "hunter",
Todicheene Navajo
"Bitter water people."
Todokori Japanese
Derived from the Japanese to, meaning "dipper", do, meaning "size", ko, meaning "child", and ri, meaning "white jasmine". Other combinations are also possible.
Todorić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Todor".
Todoroki Japanese
Means "thundering sound" or "equal power" in Japanese. A famous bearer is Shoto Todoroki, a character in the anime series 'My Hero Academia'.
Todorova Bulgarian
Feminine form of Todorov.
Todorovac Bosnian
Possibly related to Todorović, commonly used by Serbs.
Todorović Serbian
Means "son of Todor".
Tõeleid Estonian
Tõeleid is an Estonian surname meaning "find of truth".
Toepfer German (Anglicized)
Anglicised spelling of Töpfer.
Tofte Norwegian
Named after the village of Tofte in the Halstoy district of Norway. The town of Tofte, Minnesota, United States, was founded by Norwegian immigrants with the surname.
Toga Japanese
From Japanese 東 () "East", "eastern" and 賀 (ga) "congratulation". Other kanji combinations can form this surname as well.
Togami Japanese
From Japanese 十神 (togami) meaning "ten gods".
Togashi Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy" and 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak".
Togata Japanese
From Japanese 通 (to, tou, tō) meaning "through" and 形 (gata) meaning "form"
Togatorop Batak
One of the Toba Batak clans originating from Muara, North Tapanuli.
Toggwiler Romansh
Derived from the place name Toggwil.
Tognazzi Italian
From the given name Antonio. A famous bearer was Italian actor Ugo Tognazzi (1922–1990).
Togo Japanese
From Japanese 東 (to, tou, tō) meaning "east" and 郷 (go, gou, gō) meaning "village"
Toguri Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".
Tögyörd Slovak
Slovak I have a baptismal record of my great Grandfather I can send.
Toh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Du.
Toh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhuo.
Toh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 塔 (see ).
Tohi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 登日 (see Tobi).
Tohkin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 or 頭金 (see Tōkin).
Toht Estonian
Toht is an Estonian surname meaning "(tree) bark".
Tohver Estonian
Tohver is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "ohver" meaning "martyr" and "sacrifice".
Toi Indonesian
Indonesian for Cai.
Toim Estonian
Toim is an Estonian surname meaning "grain".
Tojo Japanese
Variant transcription of Toujou.
Tok Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zhuo.
Tok Turkish
Means "sated, full" in Turkish.
Tokarev Russian
Patronymic name derived from Russian токарь (tokar) meaning "turner". A turner was a person who used a lathe to create small objects from wood or bone. A notable bearer of this name was the Russian-American singer and songwriter Willi Tokarev (1934-2019).
Tokareva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Токарев (see Tokarev).
Tokiai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 伽藍 (see Garan).
Tokimori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 時 (toki) meaning "time; moment" (referring to the time of purification of oneself, rituals, and praying for the advent of God) and 森 (mori) meaning "forest; woods".
Tokimoto Japanese
Toki means "time" and moto means "origin".
Tōkin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 (see Zukin).... [more]
Tokin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 or 頭金 (see Tōkin).
Tokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Toki means "time", no means "therefore, of", and ue means "above, top, upper".
Tokiwa Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters "管" meaning "Organize", and "和" meaning "Normal", "Japanese". Other combinations possible.
Tõkke Estonian
Tõkke is an Estonian surname meaning derived from "tõke", meaning "barrier" or "block". "Tõkke" also means "preemptive".
Tokko Korean
Alternative transcription of the surname Dokgo.
Tokmak Turkish
Means "mallet" in Turkish.
Tokoro Japanese
As a surname it is often spelled as to meaning "field, wilderness" and koro means "spine, road".
Tokoyami Japanese
From Japanese 常 (toko) meaning "everlasting, eternal" and 闇 (yami) meaning "darkness"
Tokuda Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tokufuji Japanese
Toku means "Virtue" and Fuji means "Wisteria".
Tokugawa Japanese (Rare)
The kanji in this surname : Toku ("Virtue") + Gawa ("River"). Ieyasu Tokugawa was the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Tokui Japanese
Meaning : Toku "Virtue" and I "Well, Mineshaft, Pit".
Tokunaga Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
Tokuyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 徳 meaning "Virtue" and 山 meaning "Mountain".
Tola Italian
Probably from an ancient toponym.
Tolan Irish
Recorded as O' Tolan, O' Twolan, Toland, Toolan, Toolin, apparently Thulis, possibly on some occasions O' Toole, and probably others, this is an ancient Irish surname of very confusing origins... [more]
Toland Irish
The 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".
Tõldsepp Estonian
Tõldsepp is an Estonian surname meaning "carriage" or "coach smith".
Toledo Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Toledo in Spain, derived from Latin Toletum of uncertain meaning.
Tolegenov Kazakh
Means "son of Tolegen".
Tolentino Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, Italian (Rare), Judeo-Italian
Ultimately derived from the name of a town in the province of Macerata, Italy (see Tolentino). This was adopted as a Spanish given name in honour of the 14th-century Italian saint and mystic Nicholas of Tolentino... [more]
Toler English
Variant of Toller.
Tolivar Asturian (Modern, Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Tolliver. Apparently, this name may have originated in Candamo, Asturias, in the 18th (or earlier) century. The "var" last syllable may be related to "fer," and the meaning may be related to iron, e.g. iron miner, iron refiner, etc... [more]
Tolkacz Polish (Americanized)
Americanized variant of Tołkacz.
Tõll Estonian
Tõll is an Estonian surname derived from the mythological Estonian hero giant Suur Tõll ("Big Tõll" or "Tõll the Great") who lived on the island of Saaremaa.
Toll English
A surname given to a person who lived near a clump of trees.
Tõllasepp Estonian
Tõllasepp is an Estonian surname meaning "coach maker" or "coach smith"; derived form the compound words "tõld" (coach, chariot) and "sepp" (smith).
Tollefsen Norwegian
From a patronymic from Tollef, a variant of Torleiv, from Old Norse þorleifr (see Torleif).
Tolley English
Derived from the Middle English given name Toli, itself an English borrowing of Old Norse Tóli and thus a diminutive of Thórr.
Tolley English
Anglicized form of Tolle.
Tolli Estonian
Tolli is an Estonian surname meaning "bonded".
Tolomeo Italian
From a personal name which was either a short form of Bartolomeo or an Italian form of the Greek Ptolemaios.
Tölp Estonian
Tölp is an Estonian surname meaning "dock-tailed", "tailless", "short", "scanty", "dull", and "dim-witted".
Tolstoy Russian
Means "fat" from Russian толстый (tolstyy) meaning "thick, stout, fat". This was the name of a Russian family of nobility; a notable member was Count Lev "Leo" Tolstoy (1828-1910), a Russian writer.
Tolton English, Irish
habitational name possibly from either of two places called Tollerton in Nottinghamshire and North Yorkshire... [more]
Tołwiński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Podlachian village of Tołwin.
Tom Chinese
Common Chinese name
Tomabechi Japanese
From Japanese 苫 (toma) meaning "woven mat", 米 (me) meaning "rice" and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land".
Tomahawk Sioux
The name comes from Powhatan tamahaac, derived from the Proto-Algonquian root *temah- 'to cut off by tool'. Algonquian cognates include Lenape təmahikan, Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon, Abenaki demahigan, all of which mean "axe".
Toman Czech
Toman is nickname of name Tomas.
Tòmas Scottish
From the given name Tòmas.
Tomás Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
From the given name Tomás.
Tomáš Czech, Slovak
From the given name Tomáš.
Tomas Lithuanian, Polish
From the given name Tomas.
Tomaš Serbian, Croatian, Sorbian, German
From the given name Tomaš.
Tomaschett Romansh
Derived from an archaic diminutive of the given name Tumasch.
Tomašević Serbian, Montenegrin
Patronymic, meaning "son of Tomaš".
Tomasi Italian
From the given name Tomaso.
Tomasik Polish
Means "son of Tomas".
Tomaso Italian
From the given name Tomaso.
Tómassdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Tómas" in Icelandic.
Tomasy Malagasy
From the given name Tomasy.
Tomasyk Czech
Czech and Slovak (Tomášek) and German (under Slavic influence): from a pet form of the personal name, Czech Tomáš ( see Thomas ).
Tomaszek Polish
From the given name Tomasz.
Tomaszewski Polish
Name for someone from any of various places called Tomaszew or Tomaszewo, derived from the given name Tomasz.
Tomasży Polish
Comes from the personal name Tomasz and any other name that relates to that name.
Tomatsu Japanese
From the Japanese 戸 (to or do) "door," "shutter" and 松 (matsu) "pine tree."
Tombaugh German
topographic name from to dem bach ‘at the creek’, perhaps a hybrid form as Bach is standard German, bek(e) being the Low German form. habitational name from places in Hesse, Baden, and Bavaria called Dombach (earlier Tunbach, from tun, tan ‘mud’).