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Takushi Japanese

Takyi Akan
Meaning unknown.

Talaba Filipino, Cebuano
Means "oyster" in Cebuano.

Talacková f Czech

Talakai Tongan

Talanoa Tongan

Talatini Various

Talavar Indian, Kannada

Talavera Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places named Talavera, especially Talavera de la Reina in Toledo province.

Talbert English, French
From a continental Germanic personal name composed of the elements tal "valley" and berth "bright".

Tal Brough Hebrew (Rare)

Taley Iranian

Talia Northern African

Taliana Maltese

Talifu Indonesian

Talil Arabic (Maghrebi)

Talingting Filipino, Cebuano
Means "sieve, plover" in Cebuano.

Talinov Russian (Rare, ?)

Talivere Estonian
Talivere is an Estonian surname meaning "winter blood".

Tall Estonian
Tall is an Estonian surname meaning both "lamb" and "stable/barn".

Tall Romansh

Tallant English (British, ?), Norman, Irish
English (of Norman origin) occupational name for a tailor or nickname for a good swordsman, from taillant ‘cutting’, present participle of Old French tailler ‘to cut’ (Late Latin taliare, from talea ‘(plant) cutting’)... [more]

Tallents English
Variant of Tallent.

Talley Irish (Anglicized)
Shortend anglicized form of Ó Taithligh.

Talley English (American)
Americanized form of Tallig.

Talli Indonesian

Tallis English

Talloran German (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]

Talmus English

Talon Filipino

Ta Lou Western African

Talumets Estonian
Talumets is an Estonian surname literally meaning "farm (talu) forest (mets)"; a farmstead in or near a forest.

Talwar Indian
Sikh name based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community, derived from Panjabitəlwār ‘sword’ (Sanskrit taravāri).

Tamacas Spanish, Central American

Tamamoto Japanese, Ryukyuan, Okinawan
Of uncertain meaning.

Tamanaha Japanese

Tamang Tamang
From Tamang རྟ་དམག་ (Ta Damag) meaning "Tamang", a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group.

Tamanishi Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (Tama) meaning "jewel; ball" and 西 (Nishi) meaning "west; Spain".

Tamano Filipino, Maranao

Tamaoi Japanese (Rare)

Tamari Japanese

Tamaro Croatian

Tamasian Armenian

Tamatsuki Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."

Tamba Western African

Tambak Batak

Tambat Marathi
Marathi form of Tamrakar.

Tambatkar Indian
Variant of Tamrakar.

Tameishi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為 (tame) meaning "advantage; benefit" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone", referring to useful stone.... [more]

Tamekiyo Japanese

Tamera Indian
Variant of Tamrakar.

Tami Japanese

Tamiko English (Canadian)

Tamirak Mon, Thai

Tamon Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 多門, 多聞 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [more]

Tampubolon Batak
From Batak tampuk meaning "leaf stalk, base" and bolon meaning "big, large, great".

Tamukoh Japanese

Tan English (Australian, Rare)
Possibly from the English Word "Tan", or from the Given Name Tan.

Tan Turkish
Means "dawn, daybreak" in Turkish.

Tanabata Japanese (Rare)
This surname refers to the Japanese Star Festival on July 7th.

Tanaha Indian

Tanase Romanian

Tănăsescu Romanian
Patronymic surname meaning "the son of Tănăs".

Tänav Estonian
Tänav is an Estonian surname meaning "street".

Tänavots Estonian
Tänavots is an Estonian surname meaning "street end".

Tanda African

Tander Filipino

Tandon Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Of unknown meaning.

Taneda Japanese

Taneja Indian
This surname was apparently derived from tən‘blade of grass’ (from Sanskrit tṛna).

Tanfal German

Tangara Western African, Manding
Malian Bambara surname of unknown meaning.

Tange Japanese

Tanginoa Tongan

Tangoku Japanese

Tanguma Indigenous American (?), Mexican
Mexican surname of uncertain origin, probably Native American.

Tanguy French

Tanibuki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 谷吹 (see Yabuki).

Tanimoto Japanese
Tani (谷) means valley, and Moto (本) means origin or base or root.

Tanis Haitian Creole

Tanji Japanese (Rare)
Rare in Japan, the name is written with characters meaning ‘red’ and ‘govern’. The actual meaning is unclear.

Tankersley English

Tanko Romanian (Americanized)
In Romania Tankó is most common in Harghita, Covasna, and Bacău counties. Tankó is also common in Hungary and Slovakia.

Tanlee American

Tannert German

Tanno Romansh
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from the given name Donatus.

Tannor English (African)

Tanose Japanese (Rare)

Tanović Bosnian

Tansy English

Tantalo English

Tanuma Japanese
Ta means "rice paddy, field" and Numa means "swamp, marsh".

Tapales Spanish (Philippines)

Tapavicza Hungarian

Tapier English (Australian)

Tapir Indian

Taptiklis Greek
Greek name.... [more]

Tapu Moriori
Tapu in the Moriori language means sacred. This was the surname of a 19th century Owenga Moriori leader named Hirawanu Tapu (?-1900).

Taput Belarusian

Tara Indian

Tarabay Arabic
History of this surname is unknown. A famous bearer with this last name is Nick E. Tarabay, a Lebanese-American actor.

Tarassaco Italian
Surname meaning “Dandelion” in Italian

Tarawele Manding
The original variant of Traoré.

Tarcza Polish, Hungarian
Means "shield" in Polish.

Taris Italian
Meaning unknown, probably from Sardinian.

Tarlton English

Tarmoh Western African

Tarnovschi Moldovan

Taron German
Standardized variant of Tarruhn.

Taron German (Rare)
The standardized variant of Tarruhn which has origins in the Neumark region of Brandenburg, Prussia dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The Taron family was one of many German families who left the Neumark region and moved eastward into present-day Poland and Ukraine... [more]

Tarot French

Tarro Estonian
Tarro is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "tare", meaning "hut".

Tarruhn German
Origins are found in Neumark, Brandenburg, Prussia.

Tarry English

Tartara Italian, French

Țăruș Romanian
From Romanian ţăruş meaning ''stake, picket''.

Tasane Estonian
Tasane is an Estonian surname meaning "flat".

Taşkın Turkish
Means "flood" in Turkish.

Tass Estonian
Tass is an Estonian surname meaning "cup" and "dish".

Tatarshao Abazin
Possibly from a nickname for a Tatar person.

Tatavian Armenian

Tate Japanese
Tate can mean "rise, stand".

Tatematsu Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tateru) meaning "stand, rise" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Tateo Italian (Italianized)
Italianized version of Tateossian

Tateossian Turkish, Armenian

Tatke German
Unknown source.

Tatola Tongan

Tatomirović Serbian

Taton French

Tatopoulos Greek
Surname of dancer and actress Zoï Tatopoulos, and of her father, Patrick Tatopoulos, production designer and director

Tats German

Tatsuda Japanese
Means "dragon rice paddy" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 竜 (dragon) and 田 (rice paddy).

Tatsumi Japanese
This surname is used as the combinations shown above + others that aren't on this entry.... [more]

Tatsuoka Japanese
Tatsu means "Stand" or "Dragon, Imperial", and Oka means "Ridge, Hill."

Tatsuzono Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Ryūzono.

Tauler Catalan
From the Catalan word tauler meaning "board".

Tautou French, Occitan

Tavros Greek (Cypriot)

Tăvuța Romanian (Rare)

Tawaji Arabic

Tawaraya Japanese

Tayah English

Tayar Kurdish (Arabized, Rare)
Flying, pilot. This name originated from Arabic.

Taynen English (Rare)

Tazz English (American)

Tcherneshoff Russian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Chernyshoff or Tchernyshov.

Tchiki Kongo

Tchouaméni Central African

Tea English
Variant of Tee.

Tea Khmer

Teach English
This surname is derived from the Middle English phrase "at asche," meaning at,or near the ash tree.

Teal English (Canadian)

Tearle English

Tears Scottish

Teasley English

Teates German (Americanized)
Probably an altered spelling of German Dieter .

Teather English

Tebble English

Tebbs English
Variant of Tibbs.

Tebogo Southern African

Techaapaikhun Thai

Tecky French (African)

Tector English (Rare)

Tecuanhuehue Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "old tiger".

Tedeschi Italian
Plural; From the Italian word tedesco meaning "German".

Tedison Indonesian

Tedman English

Tedre Estonian
Tedre is an Estonian surname meaning "grouse" and "freckle".

Teeny Anglo-Norman

Teepere Estonian
Teepere is an Estonian surname meaning "roadway family".

Teesalu Estonian
Teesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "road grove".

Tefft English
Variant of English Taft. This surname was already well established in Connecticut and Rhode Island by 1715.

Tefnin French

Te Hira Maori

Tehu Estonian
Tehu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "tahuma" meaning to "hew" and "cut".

Teigen Norwegian

Teitelboim Yiddish (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Teytlboym.

Tejidor Spanish

Tek Turkish

Tekazewa Japanese

Teketeke Eastern African, Southern African

Tekiji Japanese
適(Teki) means suitable, and 時(toki,ji) means Time, together 適時 (tekiji) means timely, the surname was borne from Oku Tekiji, a character from an upcoming fanganronpa, Danganronpa Twin Fates

Tekkel Estonian
Tekkel is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "teke" meaning "origin". "Tekkel" also means "college cap".

Telaumbanua Nias
Meaning uncertain.

Tellis Estonian
Tellis is an Estonian surname meaning "brick".

Templin French
Possibly from a French diminutive of Temple.

Ten Chinese

Tenayuca Indigenous American, Mexican (Rare), Comanche (?)
Of uncertain origin. A known bearer was Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999), an American labor leader of Comanche descent.

Tendo Eastern African

Tenerelli Italian

Tenesa Spanish

Tengis Mongolian

Téngyuán Chinese
From Chinese 藤 (téng) meaning "wisteria" combined with 原 (yuán) meaning "origin, source".

Tenkubashi Japanese (Rare)
Written with kanji meaning "Heaven Sky Bridge". This surname is possessed by two characters in popular culture, Aika Tenkubashi from Shomin Sample, and Tomoka Tenkubashi from the Idolm@sters: Million Live videogame.

Tenly English

Tenner Romansh, German (Austrian)

Tennille American

Tenor Spanish

Tenorio Spanish (Latin American)

Tenryo Japanese

Tenryu Japanese

Tentacles Popular Culture
This is the surname of Squidward Tentacles from SpongeBob SquarePants.

Te'o Samoan, Polynesian

Teoni Italian

Tepe Turkish
Means "hill, top, peak" in Turkish.

Teput South American

Teran Spanish (Latin American)

Teraya Japanese

Terenya Russian, Belarusian

Tereschchenko Ukrainian, Russian
Variant of Tereshchenko.

Terra Portuguese (Brazilian)

Terracina Italian

Terras Estonian
Terras is an Estonian name derived from "terrass", meaning "terrace".

Ter-saakov Russian (Rare)

Tersigni English

Tersoo Tiv
Means, "father's love". Has its history from Tiv origin. Its a common name amongst the Tiv people of Nigeria.

Terwiliger American
a name adopted by a Dutch family in New York

Tery Arabic (Egyptian)

Tešan Serbian

Tešanović Serbian

Tesei Italian

Teshigawara Japanese
From Japanese 勅 (te) meaning "imperial order", 使 (shi) meaning "messenger, envoy", 河 (ga) meaning "river", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

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