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Tabata Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".
Tabata Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 畑 or 畠 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".
Tabeta Japanese
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".
Tabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 多比 (Tabi) meaning "Tabi", an area in the city of Numazu in the prefecture of Shizuoka in Japan.
Taboada Galician
This indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous localities.
Tabor English, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Jewish
English: metonymic occupational name for a drummer, from Middle English, Old French tabo(u)r ‘drum’.... [more]
Tabuchi Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".
Tachikawa Japanese
Tachi means "stand" and kawa means "river, stream".
Tachikura Japanese
Tachi means "stand" and kura means "granary, storehouse, warehouse, have, possess".
Taczanowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages in Gmina Pleszew: Taczanów Pierwszy or Taczanów Drugi.
Tada Japanese
From the Japanese 多 (ta) "many" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."
Tadano Japanese
From Japanese 多 (ta) meaning "many", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Tadano Japanese
From Japanese 只 (tada) meaning "only, simply, just" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Tadokoro Japanese
Tadokoro literally means "farmland, country". It is spelled with 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".
Tae Taiwanese, Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan and Hokkien romanization of Zheng.
Taemin Korean Mythology
The ones you have hashes yo mama😂
Tafu Japanese (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.
Ţaga Romanian
Țaga is a commune and village in Cluj County, Romania.
Tagashira Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" combined with 頭 (hashira) meaning "head, brain".
Tagawa Japanese (Rare)
Tagawa means "ricefield river"
Taguchi Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Tahara Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Täheväli Estonian
Täheväli is an Estonian surname meaning "star field".
Tahi Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tabi, but written 多斐 and pronounced differently.
Tailwal Indian
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.
Taira Japanese
Meaning "peace". Together with the Fujiwara and Minamoto, this is one of the most prominent clans in Japanese history... [more]
Tajima Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Tajiri Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 尻 (shiri) "behind, end, rear".
Takabe Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Takada Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Takagaki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "high" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence".
Takagi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Takagiri Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, tall, expensive" and giri is a variant of 桐 (Kiri) meaning "foxglove, paulownia tree".... [more]
Takahama Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and hama means "beach".
Takahara Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Takahata Japanese
高 (Taka) means "expensive, tall, high" and 畑 (hata) means "field, farmland".... [more]
Takai Japanese
From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "expensive" and 井 (i) "well."
Takaishi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
Takaki Japanese
Taka means "high" and ki means "wood, tree".
Takakura Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".
Takakuwa Japanese
From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "tall," "expensive" and 桑 (kuwa) "mulberry tree."
Takamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Takami Japanese
Taka means "High, Tall, Expensive" and Mi means "Viewing, See, Outlook".
Takamine Japanese
Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".
Takamiya Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Takamori Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Takamoto Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Takamura Japanese
Taka means "high, expensive, tall" and mura means "hamlet, village".
Takanaka Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle, in between".
Takano Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 野 (no) "field, wilderness".
Takao Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "high, tall, expensive" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Takaoka Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Takasaki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Takasato Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and sato means "village, hamlet, type of measurement, league, parent's home".
Takase Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
Takashima Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Takatsuka Japanese
Taka means "high" and tsuka means "mound, hill".
Takatsuki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, expensive" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month" or 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree".
Takatsutsumi Japanese
Taka means "high, tall, expensive" and tsutsumi means "river, bank, enbankment, dike".
Takaura Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".
Takayama Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Takayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Takazato Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, expensive, tall" and zato is a variant of 里 (sato) meaning "type of measurement, village, league, parent's home". ... [more]
Takebe Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial", 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo", or 建 (take) meaning "build, construct", and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Takehara Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Takei Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" or 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Takeishi Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" or 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
Takekawa Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and kawa means "stream, river".
Takemitsu Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mitsu can mean "light".
Takemiya Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Takemizu Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Takemori Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mori means "forest".
Takemoto Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Takemura Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Takeno Japanese
From Japanese and 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Takeo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and o means "tail".
Takeoka Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and oka means "ridge, hill".
Takesawa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Takeshita Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Taketa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Taketatsu Japanese
竹 (Take) means "bamboo", 達 (tatsu) means "reach". ... [more]
Taketsuru Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) "bamboo" and 鶴 (tsuru) "crane (bird)".
Takeyama Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Takezawa Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Takezo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and zo means "castle".
Taki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids".
Takigawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Takiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, opening, entrance".
Takikawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and kawa means "river, stream".
Takimoto Japanese
From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Takimura Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Takino Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".
Takinoue Japanese
Taki means "waterfall", no is a possessive particle meaning "therefore, of", and ue means "top, above, upper".
Takisaki Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Takitani Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and tani means "valley".
Takiya Japanese (Rare)
Taki (滝) means "waterfall", ya (谷) means "valley". One notable fictional character who bears this surname is Genji Takiya (滝谷 源治) from Crows Zero, this surname is very rare.
Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Takizawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and zawa comes from sawa meaning "marsh, swamp".
Takizawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Talamantes Spanish
Habitational name from Talamantes in Zaragoza province
Talcott English, Norman
Norman habitational name from Taillecourt in France.... [more]
Tallent English
Habitational name from Talland in Cornwall, which is thought to be named as ‘hill-brow church site’, from Cornish tal + lann.
Tallentire English (Rare)
From a small village in Cumbria, England, meaning 'head of the land' in Cumbric.
Tallinn Estonian
Tallinn is an Estonian surname, derived from "Tallinn", the capital city of Estonia.
Tallón Spanish
Either a Spanish variant of Catalan Talló (see Tallo) or a habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces called Tallón.
Talu Estonian
Talu is an Estonian surname meaning "farmstead".
Tam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Tan.
Tam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Tan.
Tamada Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tamagawa Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "gem, jewel, ball" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Tamai Japanese
From the Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, bundle" and 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".
Tamakawa Japanese
Tama means "jewel square" and kawa means "river".
Tamaki Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" combined with 城 (ki) meaning "castle", 置 (ki) meaning "put, place, set", or 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Tamamoto Japanese, Ryukyuan, Okinawan
From 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 元 (moto) meaning "origin".
Tamamura Japanese
Tama means "Jewel" and Mura means "village."... [more]
Tamano Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle.
Tamaoka Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "gem, jewel, ball" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Tamaru Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 丸 (maru) meaning "whole, complete".
Tamashiro Japanese
Means "jewel castle" or "ball castle" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 玉 (jewel, ball) and 城 (castle). This surname is of Okinawan origin.
Tamatsuka Japanese
Tama means "jewel" and tsuka means "mound".
Tamayama Japanese
玉 (Tama) means "jewel, gem" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".
Tamayo Spanish
from a town in the burgos region in spain.
Tambunan Batak
Derived from Batak tambun meaning "large, many" or "hill, heap, mound".
Tamenari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former area in the city of Bungotakada in the prefecture of Ōita in Japan.... [more]
Tamenari Japanese (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]
Tamiya Japanese (Rare)
Tamiya means "rice field palace". See also Miyata
Tammeorg Estonian
Tammeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "oak valley".
Tamminen Finnish
From "tammi" meaning "oak tree". A place with lot of oaks.
Tammsaar Estonian
Tammsaar is an Estonian surname, meaning "oak island".
Tammsalu Estonian
Tammsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak ridge".
Tan Chinese
From Chinese 谭 (tán) referring to the state of Tan that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Tan Chinese
From Chinese 谈 (tán) referring to the ancient vassal state of Tan, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Tanabe Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".
Tanahara Japanese
Variant transcription of Tahara or variant of Takahara.
Tanase Japanese
From 棚 (tana) meaning "shelf", 種 (tana) meaning "seed", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" combined with 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation, status", or 多 (ta) meaning "many, various" combined with 那 (na) meaning "what", that is then combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current, ripple, torrent"
Tänavsuu Estonian
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").
Tanda Japanese
From Japanese 反 (tan) referring to a unit of areal measure (equivalent to about 991.7 metres squared) and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Taneda Japanese
From 種 (tane) meaning "seed" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Taneichi Japanese
From Japanese 種 (tane) meaning "seed, pit, origin" and 市 (ichi) meaning "market, shop".
Tăng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zeng, from Sino-Vietnamese 曾 (tăng).
Tangen Norwegian
Tangen is a village in south-east Norway.
Tangerine English
Possibly means "from Tangier".
Tanida Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tanie Japanese
Tani means "valley" and e means "inlet, river".
Tanifuji Japanese
Tani means "valley" and fuji means "wisteria".
Tanigawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Tanihara Japanese
Tani means "valley" and hara means "plain". ... [more]
Tanikawa Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river."
Tanimizu Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Tanimoto Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Tanimura Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Taninaka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and naka means "middle".
Tanioka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and oka means "ridge, hill".
Tanisawa Japanese
Tani means "valley" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Taniyama Japanese
Tani means "valley" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]
Tanjung Minangkabau, Batak
Means "cape, headland, point" in Minangkabau and Batak.
Tannahill Scottish
From the name of a place in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Tannen German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places in Lower Saxony or Baden named with German Tannen ‘pine’, or from a short form of any of the many compound names formed with this element... [more]
Tannenbaum Jewish, German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) topographic name or Jewish ornamental name from German Tannenbaum ‘fir tree’, ‘pine tree’.
Tannhäuser German
Habitational name for someone from any of the places called Tannhausen in Brandenburg, Silesia or Württemberg.
Tanno Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "red, vermilion" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Tano Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".
Tanose Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness", and 瀬 (se) meaning "ripple, rapids, current".
Tanoue Japanese
Ta means "field, rice paddy", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "above".
Tantawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Egyptian Arabic طنطاوى or Arabic طنطاوي (see Tantawy).
Tantawy Arabic (Egyptian)
Indicated a person from the Egyptian city of Tanta, possibly of Coptic origin.
Tanuma Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Tanzawa Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "cinnabar" and 沢/澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Tào Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Cao, from Sino-Vietnamese 曹 (tào).
Tapachula Nahuatl, Aztec
Means "between the waters" in Nahuatl.
Tapu Estonian
Tapu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Tapa", a town in Lääne-Viru County.
Tarancón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Taranto Italian
Habitational name from the southern Italian city and provincial capital of this name (from Latin Tarentum from Greek Taras). Variant of Tarantino and Di Taranto.
Tarbell English
Tarbell is an alteration of the English placename Turville in Buckinghamshire in England.
Tarchaneiotes Greek
(1) Either from the village of Tarchaneion in Thrace, (2) from Mongol word targan, for "smith",(3) from the Khazar noble title tarkhan, ultimately of Sogdian/Saka origin.
Tardáguila Spanish
Tardáguila is a Spanish surname that is believed to have originated from the Basque region of Spain. The surname is a combination of the words "tarda", which means late, and "aguila", which means eagle... [more]
Targuisti Arabic (Maghrebi)
Moroccan (northern): habitational name for someone from the town of Targuist.
Tarkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Tarkowo in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or Tarków in Masovian Voivodeship (of uncertain origin compare tarka ‘grater rasper’).
Tarnowska f Polish
Feminine form of Tarnowski.
Tarnowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish city of Tarnów.
Tarnutzer Romansh
Derived from the place name Malanser Tarnutz.
Tartakovsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone originally from the town of Tartakiv (or Tartakov) in Ukraine, derived from Ukrainian тартак (tartak) meaning "sawmill".
Tartaro Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone who was from Tatarstan or who had traded with Tatarstan.
Tartu Estonian
Tartu is an Estonian surname derived from the city of the same name in Tartu County.
Tarver English
Uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Thorferth, a variant of the Old Norse given name Þórfreðr (compare Tolfree), or perhaps from Torver, the name of a former village in Lancashire... [more]
Tasaka Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".
Tasaki Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Tashima Japanese
Ta means "field, rice patty" and shima means "island".
Tatarashvili Georgian
Georgian form of Tatarov.
Tatarenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Tatarov.
Tatarov m Russian
Means "son of a Tatar".
Tatebe Japanese
From 立 (tate) meaning "stand, set up, establish" and 部 (be) meaning "section, department, category".
Tateishi Japanese
Tate can mean "rise, stand" and ishi means "rock, stone".
Tatematsu Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Tateno Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Tateoka Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Tatewaki Japanese
From the Japanese 舘 (tate) meaning "mansion, large building, palace" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side."
Tateyama Japanese
From Japanese 館 (tate) meaning "large building, mansion" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Tati Popular Culture, French, Russian
A well known diminutive of both Tatiana and Tatischeff.
Tatischeff French, Russian, English
Best known as the actual full surname of Jacques Tati.
Tatka f Polish
Meaning Unknown.
Tatlock English
Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in Lancashire or Cheshire, where the surname occurs most frequently.
Tatlow English (British, Rare)
I heard it was from a small village in England called Tallow.
Tatsuda Japanese
From 竜 (tatsu) meaning "dragon" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tatsuki Japanese
Tatsu can mean "dragon" and ki means "tree, wood".
Tatsumi Japanese
This surname is used as the combinations shown above, as well as others that aren't on this entry.... [more]
Tatsumura Japanese
Tatsu means "dragon" and mura could mean "town" or "hamlet, village".
Tatsuno Japanese
From Japanese 辰 (tatsu) meaning "dragon of the Chinese zodiac" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Tatsushima Japanese
立 (Tachi) means "stand" and 島 (shima) means island.... [more]
Taue Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".
Taunton English
Habitational name from Taunton in Somerset, Taunton Farm in Coulsdon, Surrey, or Tanton in North Yorkshire. The Somerset place name was originally a combination of a Celtic river name (now the Tone, possibly meaning ‘roaring stream’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’... [more]
Taura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".
Tavárez Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish form of Tavares chiefly used in the Dominican Republic.
Tawney English, Norman
Habitational name from either of two places, Saint-Aubin-du-Thennay or Saint-Jean-du-Thennay, in Eure, Normandy, both so named from an uncertain first element (possibly a Gallo-Roman personal name or the Gaulish word tann ‘oak’, ‘holly’) + the locative suffix -acum.
Tay Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.
Tayama Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Tazawa Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta) meaning "various, many" combined with 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, marsh, swamp."
Tazelaar Dutch
Dutch (Zeeland) variant of ’t Hazelaar "the hazel bush", a topographic name for someone living by hazel bushes.
Teagarden Low German
The surname Teagarden was first found in Bavaria, where the name Tiegarten was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. The name appeared in Solingen as Thegarden as early as 1374 and was recorded as Tegarden in 1488... [more]
Teasdale English
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".
Tebay English
From the name of a village in Cumbria, England, derived from the German name element theod meaning "people".
Tecuceanu Romanian
A topographical Romanian surname meaning "from Tecuci". Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county of Romania.
Tedsungnoen Isan
From Thai สูงเนิน (Sung Noen) meaning "Sung Noen", a district in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
Tee Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zheng.
Teekivi Estonian
Teekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "path stone".
Teetamm Estonian
Teetamm is an Estonian surname meaning "causeway" or "embankment".
Teggin Medieval Welsh
derived from tha ancient area of now Flintshire which was named Tegeingl
Tegnér Swedish
Derived from the name of Tegnaby parish in Småland, Sweden. The name was originally spelled Tegnérus, but was later shortened to Tegnér. Notable bearers include Alice Tegnér (1864-1943), composer of many Swedish hymns and children's songs, and Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846), bishop and writer.
Teh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.