This is a list of submitted names in which the description contains the keywords mouth or of or river.
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Tsuruko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 絃 (tsuru) meaning "string, cord, samisen music", 津 (tsu) meaning "haven, port, harbor, ferry", 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane, stork" or 都 (tsu) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything", 留 (ru) meaning "detain, fasten, halt, stop" or 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child"... [
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Tsurumi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane" or 蔓 (tsuru) meaning "vine" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty", 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real", or 見 (mi) meaning "to see". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Tsuruyo f JapaneseFrom Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane" or 蔓 (tsuru) meaning "vine" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "generation". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Tsuta f & m JapaneseFrom either 蔦
(tsuta), referring to the Boston ivy, or the stem of verb 伝う/傳う
(tsutau) meaning "to go/walk along, to follow," the former likely related to that verb. It can also be written with a combination of a
tsu kanji, e.g. 津 meaning "harbour, haven," and a
ta kanji, e.g. 多 meaning "many."... [
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Tsutomu m JapaneseFrom classical verbs 勤む
(tsutomu) meaning "to work (for), serve (in)," 務む
(tsutomu) meaning "to serve/act (as), play the role (of)" or 努む/勉む/力む
(tsutomu) meaning "to endeavour, try, strive, make an effort," all of these verbs rendered today as
tsutomeru... [
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Tsutsumi f JapaneseMeaning "To Wrap" or "Wrapping". It is more of the sound than the meaning itself that makes it special.
Tsuyako f JapaneseThis name combines 沢 (
tsuya) meaning "swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace", 彩 (
tsuya) meaning "colour" or 艶 (
tsuya) meaning "gloss, luster, beautiful, charming" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child, the rat, first sign of the Chinese zodiac"... [
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Tsvetomir m BulgarianThe first element of this name is either derived from Bulgarian
tsvete "flower" or from Bulgarian
tsvyat "color". The second element is derived from Slavic
mir "peace". As such, the meaning of this name is either "flower of peace" or "color of peace"... [
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Tsviata f BulgarianDerived from Bulgarian
цвят (cvjat) "colour (usually vivid); (of a plant) blossom, flower; (figurative) elite, the best of the bunch".
Tsybik m & f Buryat (Russified)Russified form of the Buryat name Цэбэг
(Tsebeg) or Сэбэг
(Sebeg) meaning "eternal, immortal, undying", ultimately from Tibetan ཚེ་དཔག
(tshe-dpag).
Tuathlaith f IrishMeans "princess of the people" from Irish
tuath meaning "people, land" combined with
flaith "princess".
Tubal m HebrewMeans "thou shalt be brought" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Tubal-Cain was the son of Lamech and Zillah, and brother to Naamah. He was the first blacksmith.
Tubal-cain m Biblical, Biblical HebrewMeans "offspring of Cain, smith of Cain" from the Hebrew root
י-ב-ל (
y-b-l) which means "to bring, to carry, to flow" combined with
Cain meaning "smith," "metalworker," or originally "acquired, spear"... [
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Tubaloth m MormonLamanite king (c. 51 BC), son of Ammoron, the previous king. He appointed Coriantumr, a mighty man and Nephite dissenter, to lead his armies.
Tubbo m LuhyaMeans "lover of bees; friend of all" in Luhya.
Tubeec m SomaliMeaning: Tubeec is associated with "melodious" or "musical", reflecting a connection to singing or music.... [
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Tucana f AstronomyTucana is one of the southern constellations created by Dutch explorers in the late 16th century. It was named after the toucan, a type of bird found in South America.
Tudhaliya m HittiteOf uncertain etymology, although possibly of Anatolian origin. This name was borne by several Hittite kings, and was possibly given in honour of a deified mountain of the same name.
Tudrus m GermanicTudrus was a ruler of the Quadi, a Germanic tribe, in the 1st century AD. He was a contemporary of Maroboduus of the Marcomanni. Like Maroboduus, Tudrus established a dynasty which ruled his people for many years after his death.
Tudual m BretonVariant of
Tugdual. A known bearer of this name is the Breton poet Tudual Huon (b. 1953).
Tuff m & f Popular CultureTuff (Bun in the original Japanese version) is one of the main characters in the anime, Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Hoshi no Kaabii in the original japanese, which translates to Kirby of the Stars). Tuff is an ally of
Kirby and often plays a large role... [
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Tug m English (Rare)From the naval expression. Famous bearers include: Tug Dumbly (1965-), the pseudonym of Australian performance poet and musician Geoff Forrester and Tug McGraw (1944-2004), a Major League Baseball pitcher.
Tuğanay f BashkirFrom Bashkir
ай (ay) meaning "moon", with a first element of unknown etymology.
Tugela f English (British, Rare)From the Tugela river in South Africa, first used as an English girl's name in 1900 to commemorate the battle of Tugela Heights in the Boer War. 36 girls were given the name in the UK in 1900, but it became extremely rare after then.
Tugend f German (Rare, Archaic)Directly taken from German
Tugend "virtue". This is one of the so-called pietistic names coined in the 18th century.
Tugendreich f German (Archaic)Directly taken from German
tugendreich "full of virtue". This is one of the so-called pietistic names coined in the 18th century.
Tugendsam f German (Archaic)Derived from the German adjective
tugendsam meaning "virtuous". This is one of the so-called Pietistic given names that were coined in Germany from the late 17th century onwards.
Tugomir m Croatian, Serbian, SloveneCroatian and Slovenian form of the Old Slavic name
Togomir, which is derived from Slavic
togo "strong, mighty, potent" combined with Slavic
mir "peace". Known bearers of this name were Croatian poet and storyteller Tugomir Alaupović (1870-1958) and Tugomir Franc (1932-1983), a Croatian opera singer.
Tui f & m MaoriTui is the Maori name for the bird (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), which are easily identified for their small tuft of white feathers at the neck.... [
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Tuiren f Irish (Modern, Rare), AstronomyMeaning unknown. Tuiren was a character in
The Birth of Bran, a story in the book
Irish Fairy Tales, written by
James Stephens. A star has been named after her.
Tuisko m Finnish MythologyKing of Finland (Mythologia Fennica, 1789)Youngest son of Noah, ruler of North Europe (Chronicle of Finland, 1636).
Tuisto m Germanic MythologyThe name of a Germanic Earth god mentioned once in the work of Tacitus. One manuscript of Tacitus provides the alternate name form
Tuisco.
Tuleen f ArabicThis was one of the most popular girls names in Jordan in 2020.
Tulip f English (Rare)From the name of the flower. Ultimately from Persian
dulband, "turban", from the shape of the opened flower.... [
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Tulisa f English (British, Modern)Usage of this name is most likely adapted from British singer-songwriter Tula Paulinea Contostavlos (1988), who performs under the mononym Tulisa and has Greek ancestry. It is likely Tulisa is an elaboration or diminutive of her given name, Tula, a variant transcription of
Toula.
Tulkas m LiteratureTulkas had the most valor of the Valar(: in J.R.R. Tolkien's, The Silmarillion.
Tulsa f English (American, Rare)From the name of the city and county in the US state of Oklahoma which comes from
Tallasi, meaning "old town" in the Creek.
Tulsi f & m Hinduism, Indian, Bengali, Hindi, NepaliFrom Sanskrit तुलसी
(tulasī) meaning "holy basil (a type of plant)". The plant is considered sacred in Hinduism, and it is sometimes personified as an avatar of
Lakshmi.
Tulsidas m Indian, HindiDerived from Sanskrit तुलसी
(tulasi) meaning "holy basil" (a type of plant; see
Tulsi) combined with Sanskrit दास
(dasa) meaning "servant".
Tumasch m RomanshRomansh form of
Thomas, traditionally found in the Engadine valley and in central Grisons.
Tümen m & f Mongolian, YakutMeans "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" in Mongolian and Yakut, the attributive form of Mongolian түм
(tüm). Among the Mongol and Turkic peoples, a
tümen (
tumen in English) was historically also a social and military unit of 10,000 households and soldiers.... [
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Tumu-te-ana-oa f Polynesian MythologyThe personfication of echoes in Cook Islands mythology. Her name means "the cause of the call or voice heard from caves", from
tumu meaning "cause",
oa meaning "voice" and
ana meaning "caves".
Tung m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 鏦 (
tung) meaning "a short spear" or 嵩 (
tung) meaning "high, lofty (of a mountain)".
Tunga m TurkishMostly known as a name of Alp Er Tunga who is is a mythical hero and one of the great leader in old Turkish history and Turkic literature. He is mentioned as a khan of Saka (Scythia)... [
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Tungalagtuyaa f MongolianFrom Mongolian тунгалаг
(tungalag) meaning "serenity, clarity" or "clear, unclouded, transparent" and туяа
(tuyaa) meaning "ray, beam (of light)"
Tunnawiya f HittiteOf uncertain etymology, but possibly using the Luwian suffix
wiya ("woman"). Name borne by a ritual practitioner known from several compositions bearing her name.
Tuonetar f Finnish MythologyTuonetar is the Queen of the Underworld in Finnish mythology. She is the wife of
Tuoni, with whom she rules over the Underworld Tuonela.
Tuovi f & m FinnishDerived from the place name
Tuovila "village of Tove", a village in Finland. It was invented by the Finnish author Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen for a character of his novel "Pohjan-Piltti" (1859).
Tupelo f ObscureFrom the name of a type of tree, derived from Creek
ito meaning "tree" and
opilwa meaning "swamp", for which the city of Tupelo, Mississippi, was named. This is borne by American author Tupelo Hassman... [
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Tura f AmericanNoted bearer is American actress Tura Satana (1938-2011), born Suvaki to a Japanese-Filipino father and Cheyenne-Scots-Irish mother. She said of her names: 'Suvaki means "white chameleon" or "white flower" in Japanese, but in Cheyenne it's
Tura'... [
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Turan f Etruscan MythologyTuran was the Etruscan goddess of love, fertility and vitality and patroness of the city of Velch. She was commonly associated with birds such as the dove, goose and above all the swan. Her name is the pre-Hellenic root of
Turannos (absolute ruler, see tyrant), so Turan can be viewed as “Mistress".
Turandokht f Iranian (Rare), LiteratureMeans "daughter of Turan", composed of Persian توران
(Tūrān), a region of Central Asia that was part of the Persian Empire, allegedly meaning "land of Tur" (said to have been named for the legendary Persian prince
Tur, a son of King
Fereydoun who reigned around 750 BC), and دخت
(dokht) "daughter".... [
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Turandot f TheatreDerived from the Persian name
Turandokht, meaning "daughter of Turan" (Turan being a region in Central Asia). This is the name of the title character in an opera by Giacomo Puccini... [
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Turgunu-Sanga m SumerianTurgunu-Sanga (3100 BC) seems to have been a Sumerian accountant for the Turgunu family. His names is one of the earliest names recorded.
Turhan m & f Turkish, AlbanianTurkish masculine name; meaning unknown. It is also occasionally used as a feminine name, as was the case of Turhan Hatice, wife of Sultan Ibrahim I of the Ottoman Empire.
Turkessa f African AmericanAn invented name, based on the Spanish word
turquesa meaning "turquoise". This was used by American singer Mary Wilson of the Supremes for her daughter born 1975.
Turo m FinnishVariant of
Tuure or taken directly from Finnish
turo meaning "structure built from tree branches in order to lure spawning fish".
Turpal m ChechenMeans "hero" in Chechen. This is the name of the legendary ancestor of the Chechen people, who is also called Nokhcho.
Turpilianus m Late RomanThis Roman cognomen is an extended form of
Turpilius. A bearer of this name was Publius Petronius Turpilianus, a Roman politician, general and consul from the 1st century AD.
Turstin m Old Norman, HistoryNorman form of
Þórsteinn. Turstin fitz Rou (known as
Turstin FitzRolf in English) played a prominent role in the Norman conquest of England and is regarded as one of the few proven companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Turukáno m LiteratureMeaning uncertain; contains the Quenya word
káno, meaning "commander". In The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, this is the original name of King
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Tuscaloosa m Creek, ChoctawDerived from the western Muskogean elements
tashka meaning "warrior" and
losa meaning "black". This was the name of a 16th-century Mississippian chief who in 1540 led the Battle of Mabila against Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto... [
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Tusholi f Caucasian MythologyMeaning unknown, possibly means "hoopoe" in Ingush (referring to a type of bird). In Vainakh mythology, Tusholi was the goddess of spring and fertility, protector of mankind, and daughter of the supreme god
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Tusitala m SamoanMeans "teller of tales" in Samoan. This name was adopted by the writer Robert Louis Stevenson when he lived on the island.
Tuspaquin m WampanoagName of the "Black Sachem", a Wampanoag war captain who was feared by the English.
Tut m & f BurmeseAlternate transcription of Burmese ထွတ်/ထွဋ် (see
Htut).
Tutia f PersianMeans "zinc oxide". It is also Persian for a genus of sea urchins.
Tutiya f PersianMeans "zinc oxide". It is also Persian for a genus of sea urchins.
Tuul f MongolianDerived from the name of the Tuul River in Mongolia, itself from туулах
(tuulakh) meaning "to cross, traverse, wade" or "to overcome, conquer".