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TOAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of TUATHAL

TOBIAH   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name טוֹבִיָּה (Toviyyah) which meant "YAHWEH is good"... [more]

TOBIAS   m   Biblical, German, Scandinavian, English
Greek form of TOBIAH... [more]

TOBIASZ   m   Polish
Polish form of TOBIAS

TOBIN   m   English
From an English surname which was itself derived from the given name TOBIAS.

TOBY   m & f   English
Medieval form of TOBIAS... [more]

TOD   m   English
Variant of TODD

TODD   m   English
From a surname meaning "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

TÓDOR   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of THEODORE

TODOR   m   Bulgarian, Serbian
Bulgarian and Serbian form of THEODORE

TODORKA   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of THEODORE

TOIBA   f   Yiddish
Means "dove" in Yiddish.

TOINETTE   f   French
Short form of ANTOINETTE

TOINI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of ANTONIA

TOIRDHEALBHACH   m   Irish
Means "instigator", derived from Gaelic toirdhealbh "prompting".

TOIRÉASA   f   Irish
Irish form of THERESA

TOIVO   m   Finnish
Means "hope" in Finnish.

TOLA   f   Khmer
Means "October" in Khmer.

TOLGA   m   Turkish
Means "helmet" in Turkish.

TOLLAK   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórleikr, which meant "Thor's play" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with leikr "play, game (involving weapons)".

TOLLY   m   English (Archaic)
Diminutive of BARTHOLOMEW

TOM   m   English, Dutch
Short form of THOMAS... [more]

TOMA (1)   f   Russian
Diminutive of TAMARA

TOMA (2)   m   Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian
Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Romanian form of THOMAS

TÒMAS   m   Scottish
Scottish form of THOMAS

TOMÁS   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
Spanish, Portuguese and Irish form of THOMAS

TOMÁŠ   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of THOMAS

TOMAS   m   Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian
Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of THOMAS

TOMASA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of THOMAS

TOMASZ   m   Polish
Polish form of THOMAS

TOMAŽ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of THOMAS

TOMÉ   m   Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of TOMÁS

TOMEK   m   Polish
Diminutive of TOMASZ

TOMER   m   Jewish
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

TOMI   m   Finnish, Hungarian
Finnish and Hungarian diminutive of THOMAS

TOMIKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 富 (tomi) "wealth, abundance" and 子 (ko) "child".

TOMISLAV   m   Croatian, Serbian
Possibly derived from the name THOMAS combined with the Slavic element slav meaning "glory"... [more]

TOMISLAVA   f   Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of TOMISLAV

TOMMASO   m   Italian
Italian form of THOMAS

TOMMI   m   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of THOMAS

TOMMIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of THOMAS, sometimes used as a feminine form.

TOMMY   m   English
Diminutive of THOMAS

TOMOKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 智 (tomo) "wisdom, intellect" or 朋 (tomo) "friend" combined with 子 (ko) "child".

TOMOMI   f   Japanese
From Japanese 朋 (tomo) "friend" and 美 (mi) "beautiful".

TOMOS   m   Welsh
Welsh form of THOMAS

TOMS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of THOMAS

TON   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANTONIUS

TONDRA   f   Esperanto
Means "like thunder" in Esperanto.

TONE (1)   m   Slovene
Short form of ANTON

TONE (2)   f   Norwegian
Variant of TORNY

TÓNI   m   Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of ANTHONY

TONI (1)   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ANTHONY

TONI (2)   f   English
Short form of ANTONIA

TONIA   f   English
Variant of TONYA

TONIO   m   Italian
Short form of ANTONIO

TÕNIS   m   Estonian
Estonian form of ANTHONY

TONKA   f   Slovene
Slovene diminutive of ANTONIA

TONY   m   English
Short form of ANTHONY

TONYA   f   English
Short form of ANTONIA... [more]

TOOMAS   m   Estonian
Estonian form of THOMAS

TOPAZ   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the yellow precious stone, the birthstone of November, ultimately derived from Greek τοπαζος (topazos).

TOPHER   m   English
Short form of CHRISTOPHER

TOPI   m   Finnish
Finnish short form of TOBIAS

TOPIAS   m   Finnish
Finnish form of TOBIAS

TOPSY   f   English (Rare)
From a nickname which is of unknown meaning, perhaps deriving from the English word top.

TOR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Þórr (see THOR).

TORA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of TORE (1)

TORBEN   m   Danish, German
Danish form of TORBJÖRN

TORBJØRG   f   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of TORBORG

TORBJÖRN   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Þórbjörn, which meant "Thor's bear" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with björn "bear".

TORBJØRN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of TORBJÖRN

TORBORG   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Þórbjörg, which meant "Thor's protection" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with björg "protection, help".

TORCUIL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of Þórketill (see TORKEL).

TORDIS   f   Norwegian, Danish
Modern form of ÞÓRDÍS

TORE (1)   m   Scandinavian
Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element Þórr (see THOR).

TORE (2)   m   Italian
Short form of SALVATORE

TORGEIR   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Þórgeirr, which meant "Thor's spear" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with geirr "spear".

TORGER   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of TORGEIR

TORGILS   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórgísl (see TROELS).

TORGNY   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Þórgnýr meaning "Thor's noise" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with gnýr "noise, grumble, murmur".

TORHILD   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórhildr, which meant "Thor's battle" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with hildr "battle".

TORI   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

TORIA   f   English
Short form of VICTORIA (1)

TORIBIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of the Roman cognomen Turibius, of unknown meaning... [more]

TORIL   f   Norwegian
Variant of TORHILD

TORIN   m   Irish
Means "chief" in Irish Gaelic.

TORKEL   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Þórketill meaning "Thor's cauldron" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with ketill "cauldron".

TORMOD   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórmóðr, which meant "Thor's mind" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with móðr "mind, mood".

TORNY   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórnýr which was derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with nýr "new".

TORØ   f   Norwegian
Feminine form of TORE (1)

TORQUIL   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of TORCUIL

TORSTEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of TORSTEN

TORSTEN   m   Swedish, Danish, German
From the Old Norse name Þórsteinn, which meant "Thor's stone" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with steinn "stone".

TORSTI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of TORSTEN

TORVALD   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Þórvaldr, which meant "Thor's ruler" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with valdr "ruler".

TOTTIE   f   English
Diminutive of CHARLOTTE

TOTTY   f   English
Diminutive of CHARLOTTE

TOUSSAINT   m   French
Means "all saints" in French.

TOVA (1)   f   Jewish
Means "good" in Hebrew.

TOVA (2)   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of TOVE

TOVAH   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of TOVA (1)

TOVE   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR.

TOVIA   m & f   Jewish
Hebrew form of TOBIAH, also used as a feminine form.

TOYA   f   English (Hispanic)
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1) or CUSTODIA used among Hispanic Americans.

TRACE   m   English
Short form of TRACY

TRACEE   f   English
Feminine variant of TRACY

TRACEY   f & m   English
Variant of TRACY

TRACI   f   English
Feminine variant of TRACY

TRACIE   f   English
Feminine variant of TRACY

TRACY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was taken from a Norman French place name meaning "domain belonging to THRACIUS"... [more]

TRAFFORD   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "fishtrap ford" in Old English.

TRAHAEARN   m   Welsh
Means "very much like iron", derived from Welsh tra "very, over" and haearn "iron".

TRAHERNE   m   Welsh
Anglicized form of TRAHAEARN

TRAI   m   Vietnamese
Means "oyster" in Vietnamese.

TRAIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Traianus (see TRAJAN).

TRAJAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Traianus, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TRANTER   m   English (Rare)
From a surname meaning "wagoner" in Old English.

TRAUGOTT   m   German
Derived from German trau "trust" and Gott "God"... [more]

TRAVERS   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of TRAVIS.

TRAVIS   m   English
From an English surname which originally denoted someone who collected tolls from people crossing a bridge, ultimately derived from Old French traverse meaning "to cross"... [more]

TREASA   f   Irish
Possibly means "strength" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

TREASURE   f   English (Modern)
From the English word, ultimately from Greek θησαυρος (thesauros) "treasure, collection".

TRECIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TRICIA

TREES   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of THERESIA

TREFOR   m   Welsh
Original Welsh form of TREVOR

TRENT   m   English
From a surname which originally denoted someone who lived by the Trent River in England... [more]

TRENTON   m   English
From the name of a New Jersey city established in the 17th century by William Trent... [more]

TRESHA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of TRICIA

TRESNJA   f   Croatian
Means "cherry" in Croatian.

TREV   m   Welsh, English
Short form of TREVOR

TREVELYAN   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a Cornish place name meaning "homestead on the hill".

TREVOR   m   Welsh, English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "big village" from Welsh tref "village" and mawr "large".

TREY   m   English
From an English nickname meaning "three".

TRI   m & f   Indonesian
Means "third child" in Indonesian and Javanese.

TRIA   f   ?
Short form of DEMETRIA

TRICIA   f   English
Short form of PATRICIA

TRIINU   f   Estonian
Diminutive of KATARIINA

TRIJNTJE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of KATRIJN

TRINA   f   English
Short form of CATRINA

TRINE   f   Danish
Danish short form of KATRINE

TRINI   f   Spanish
Short form of TRINIDAD

TRINIDAD   f & m   Spanish
Means "trinity" in Spanish, referring to the Holy Trinity... [more]

TRINITY   f   English
From the English word Trinity, given in honour of the Christian belief that God has three states of being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit... [more]

TRISH   f   English
Diminutive of PATRICIA

TRISHA   f   English
Diminutive of PATRICIA

TRISHNA   f   Indian
Means "thirst, desire" in Sanskrit.

TRISTA   f   English
Feminine form of TRISTAN

TRISTÁN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of TRISTAN

TRISTAN   m   Welsh, English, French, Celtic Mythology
From the Celtic name Drystan, which was probably derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult"... [more]

TRISTÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of TRISTAN

TRISTEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of TRISTAN

TRISTIN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of TRISTAN

TRISTON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of TRISTAN

TRISTRAM   m   English (British)
Medieval English form of TRISTAN

TRIX   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX

TRIXIE   f   English
Diminutive of BEATRIX

TROELS   m   Danish
Danish form of the Old Norse name Þórgísl meaning "Thor's shaft" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with gísl "shaft, arrow".

TROY   m   English
From a surname that originally denoted a person from the city of Troyes in France... [more]

TRÚC   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "bamboo" in Vietnamese.

TRUDI   f   German, English
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUDIE   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUDY   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUEMAN   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of TRUMAN.

TRULS   m   Norwegian, Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Þórgísl (see TROELS).

TRUMAN   m   English
From a surname which meant "trusty man" in Middle English... [more]

TRUUS   f   Dutch
Diminutive of GEERTRUIDA

TRYGGVE   m   Swedish
Variant of TRYGVE

TRYGGVI   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of TRYGVE

TRYGVE   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse tryggr meaning "trustworthy".

TRYPHENA   f   Biblical
From the Greek name Τρυφαινα (Tryphaina), derived from Greek τρυφη (tryphe) meaning "softness, delicacy"... [more]

TRYPHON   m   Greek, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek τρυφη (tryphe) meaning "softness, delicacy"... [more]

TRYPHOSA   f   Biblical, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek τρυφη (tryphe) meaning "softness, delicacy"... [more]

TRYSTAN   m   Welsh
Variant of TRISTAN

TSETSILIYA   f   Russian
Russian form of CECILIA

TSHOLOFELO   f   Southern African
Means "hope" in Tswana.

TSUBAKI   f   Japanese
Means "camellia flower" in Japanese.

TSUBAME   f   Japanese
Means "swallow (bird)" in Japanese.

TSUBASA   m   Japanese
Means "wing" in Japanese.

TSUKIKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) "moon" and 子 (ko) "child".

TSVETA   f   Bulgarian
Feminine form of TSVETAN

TSVETAN   m   Bulgarian
Means "colour" or "flower" in Bulgarian.

TSVETANKA   f   Bulgarian
Feminine diminutive of TSVETAN

TU (1)   m & f   Chinese
Means "chart, map" in Chinese.

TU (2)   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "star" in Vietnamese.

TUAN   m   Vietnamese
Means "bright, intelligent" in Vietnamese.

TUATHAL   m   Irish
Means "ruler of the people" in Irish Gaelic.

TUCKER   m   English (Modern)
From an occupational surname derived from Old English tucian meaning "one who fulls cloth".

TUDOR (1)   m   Welsh
Welsh form of the old Celtic name Teutorigos, meaning "ruler of the people" (cognate with THEODORIC)... [more]

TUDOR (2)   m   Romanian
Variant of TEODOR

TUDUR   m   Welsh
Variant of TUDOR (1)

TUE   m   Danish
Danish variant of THOR

TUFAYL   m   Arabic
Means "small child" in Arabic.

TUIJA   f   Finnish
Means "cedar" in Finnish.

TÜLAY   f   Turkish
Means "tulle moon" in Turkish.

TULLIA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Tullius (see TULLIO).

TULLIO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Tullius, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TULLY   m   History
Form of Tullius (see TULLIO) used to refer to the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.

TUMELO   m & f   Southern African
Means "faith" in Sesotho and Tswana.

TUNÇ   m   Turkish
Means "bronze" in Turkish.

TÜNDE   f   Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian tündér meaning "fairy"... [more]

TÜNDÉR   f   Hungarian
Means "fairy" in Hungarian.

TUOMAS   m   Finnish
Finnish form of THOMAS

TUOMO   m   Finnish
Finnish form of THOMAS

TUOR   m   Literature
Means "strength vigour" in Sindarin... [more]

TUPAARNAQ   f   Native American
Means "wild thyme" in Greenlandic.

TURAL   m   Azerbaijani
Means "to be alive" in Azerbaijani.

TURE   m   Swedish
Variant of TORE (1)

TURGAY   m   Turkish
Means "lark (bird)" in Turkish.

TURID   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR

TURIN   m   Literature
Means "victory mood" in Sindarin... [more]

TURLOUGH   m   Irish
Anglicized form of TOIRDHEALBHACH

TUTANKHAMON   m   Ancient Egyptian
Means "image of the life of Amon", derived from Egyptian tut "image" combined with ankh "life" combined with the name of the god Amon... [more]

TUTKU   f & m   Turkish
Means "passion" in Turkish.

TUULA   f   Finnish
Variant of TUULI

TUULE   f   Estonian
Estonian form of TUULI

TUULI   f   Finnish
Means "wind" in Finnish.

TUULIKKI   f   Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Means "little wind" in Finnish, derived from tuuli "wind"... [more]

TUVA   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian variant of TOVE

TUVYA   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of TOBIAH

TUYÊN   f   Vietnamese
Means "line, ray" in Vietnamese.

TUYET   f   Vietnamese
Means "snow white" in Vietnamese.

TVRTKO   m   Croatian
Derived from Croatian tvrd meaning "hard".

TWILA   f   English
Meaning unknown... [more]

TWYLA   f   English
Variant of TWILA

TXOMIN   m   Basque
Basque form of DOMINIC

TY   m   English
Short form of TYLER, TYSON, TYRONE, and other names beginning with Ty.

TYBALT   m   Literature
Medieval form of THEOBALD... [more]

TYCHO   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Τυχων (Tychon) meaning "hitting the mark"... [more]

TYE   m   English
From a surname meaning "pasture" in Middle English.

TYGE   m   Danish
Danish form of TYCHO

TYKO   m   Swedish
Swedish form of TYCHO

TYLAR   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of TYLER

TYLER   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "tiler of roofs"... [more]

TYLOR   m   English (Modern)
Variant of TYLER

TYMON   m   Polish
Polish form of TIMON

TYMOTEUSZ   m   Polish
Polish form of TIMOTHY

TYR   m   Norse Mythology
Old Norse form of the name of the Germanic god Tiwaz, related to Indo-European dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

TYRA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of TYR

TYREEK   m   English (African American, Modern)
Variant of TYRIQ

TYRELL   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was a variant of TERRELL

TYRESE   m   English (African American, Modern)
An invented name based on the popular name syllable Tyr (from names such as TYRONE).

TYRIK   m   English (African American, Modern)
Variant of TYRIQ

TYRIQ   m   English (African American, Modern)
Probably a blend of TYRONE and TARIQ.

TYRON   m   English
Variant of TYRONE

TYRONE   m   English
From the name of a county in Northern Ireland which is derived from Irish Gaelic Tir Eoghain meaning "land of OWEN (2)"... [more]

TYRRELL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of TYRELL

TYSON   m   English
From an English surname which could be derived from a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French tison meaning "firebrand"... [more]

TYTUS   m   Polish
Polish form of TITUS

TYYNE   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish tyyni "calm, serene".

TZAFRIR   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of ZEPHYR

TZEITEL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of SARAH

TZIPORAH   f   Jewish
Hebrew form of ZIPPORAH

TZIVYA   f   Jewish
Feminine form of TZVI

TZOFIYA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SOPHIA

TZUFIT   f   Jewish
Means "hummingbird" in Hebrew.

TZVI   m   Jewish
Means "deer" in Hebrew.

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