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Tana f Yiddish (?)

Tana m & f English (American, Rare)

Tana f Albanian

Tanairis f Spanish (Caribbean)

Tanami f English (Australian, Rare)
Transferred use of the name of the Tanami Desert, a desert in northern Australia, situated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The name itself is an Anglicized form of Warlpiri Chanamee "never die", referring to certain rock holes in the desert which were said never to run dry.

Tanasha f African American

Tanaya f Indian, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit tanaya (तनया ) "daughter" or "belonging to one's family; this child of mine".

Tanázia f Hungarian
Truncated form of Atanázia.

Tanca f History (Ecclesiastical)
English, Portuguese, Catalan and Spanish form of Tanche.

Tancha f History (Ecclesiastical)
German form of Tanche.

Tanche f History (Ecclesiastical)
Saint Tanche is a local Christian saint from Troyes, France. She was killed while defending her virginity when attacked by a servant. She is considered to be a martyr. Her cultus dates from the early 7th century and her feast day is celebrated October 10.

Tancia f African American (Rare)

Tandekah f African American (Modern, Rare)

Tandice f English (Modern, Rare)

Tandra f Indian, English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tandy f South African

Tandy f & m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Tandy.

Tanea f Moldovan
Moldovan form of Tanya.

Tanea f East Frisian
19th-century elaboration of Tana.

Taneishia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tanisha.

Tanela f Obscure

Tanelle f English (Modern, Rare)

Tanessa f American (Modern, Rare)

Tangakin f ? (Rare)

Tanganika f American (Modern, Rare)

Tangela f African American

Tangiora f & m Maori

Tanguistl f Medieval Cornish
Cornish cognate of Tangwystl.

Tanija f Slovene
Variant of Tanja.

Tanima f Indian

Tanimara f Dutch (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Some sources claim this name means "lonely north wind" in Comanche, though no evidence supporting this meaning can be found. The name appears most common in Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch speaking nations, which further suggests the name is not of Comanche origin... [more]

Taniquewa f African American (Modern, Rare)

Tanise f American (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Tanishia f American (Modern)
Elaboration of Tanisha.

Tanita f Thai

Tanitha f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Variant of Tanith.

Taniya f Indian (Rare)

Taniyah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tania.

Tanjil f & m English (Australian, Rare)
A clan name of the historic indigenous inhabitants of the area (Gippsland, Victoria, Australia), subsequently given to several natural features (rivers, mountains) and towns in the region.

Tanka f Russian (Archaic)

Tanmoy m & f Indian, Bengali
Variant transcription of Tanmaya.

Tannah f & m English
Variant of Tana or Tanna.

Tanne f & m West Frisian (Rare), East Frisian (Rare)
Variant form of Tane, which is a Frisian short form of names that contain the Germanic element thanc "thought", such as Thancmar.

Tannie f & m English (American)

Tannis f English (Rare)
Variant of Tanis. This was used by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery in her short story 'Tannis of the Flats' (1920), where it belongs to a Métis girl of Cree descent... [more]

Tanqueray m & f African American (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tanqueray. This is the name of a brand of gin, which was founded by British distiller Charles Tanqueray (1810-1868).

Tanța f Romanian (Rare)
Short form of names ending in -tanța like Constanța.

Tanți f Romanian (Rare)
Diminutive of Tanța.

Tanwen f Welsh
Means "white fire" from Welsh tan "fire" (compare Tanguy) combined with gwen "white, fair, blessed". This is a modern Welsh name, first used in the 1960s.

Tánya f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Tanya.

Tanyale f African American (Modern, Rare)

Tanyka f American (Modern, Rare)

Tanzala f African American (Modern, Rare)
Likely an invented name.

Tanzeda f Medieval Occitan

Tanzeela f Arabic (Rare), Pakistani (Rare)

Tanzlee f Obscure

Tapanga f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Topanga.

Taposhi f Bengali (Rare)

Tara f Slovene
Feminine form of Taras.

Taran f Norwegian
Norwegian dialectal variant of Torunn.

Taranuz f Ottoman Turkish

Tarcila f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Tarsila.

Tarcisia f Italian
Feminine form of Tarcisio.

Tareija f Medieval Galician
Medieval Galician form of Tareixa.

Tareixa f Galician
Galician form of Teresa.

Tareja f Medieval Portuguese
Medieval Portuguese variant of Teresa.

Taresa f Medieval Spanish
Medieval Spanish form of Teresa.

Tarese f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Therese.

Tareza f Medieval Catalan
Cognate of Teresa.

Tarhonda f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix Ta with the name Rhonda.

Taria f English (Modern, Rare)

Tariana f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Tarin m & f Indian, English

Tarise f American (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Tarissa f American (Modern, Rare)
A blend of the name Tara 1 with a name that ends in -issa, such as Clarissa and Marissa... [more]

Tarlae f Fijian
Means "princess" in Fijian.

Tarmra f Obscure
Possibly a variant of Tamara

Tarna f English (Modern, Rare)

Tarni f Indigenous Australian
Means "surf, wave, breaker" in Kaurna. The original form of Tahnee.

Tarnya f English (British, Modern, Rare), English (Australian, Modern)
Variant of Tanya.

Tarpeia f Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
In Roman mythology, Tarpeia, daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius, was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines at the time of their women's abduction for what she thought would be a reward of jewelry... [more]

Tarquine f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Tarquin.

Tarquinia f Ancient Roman, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Tarquinius (see Tarquin).

Tarra f English
Variant of Tara 1.

Tarrah f American (Modern, Rare)

Tarrhonda f African American (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Rhonda using the prefix Ta-.

Tarsila f Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician
Variant of Trasilla. A known bearer is Brazilian painter Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973).

Tarsilia f Sardinian
Feminine form of Tarsilio.

Tarsycja f Polish
Feminine form of Tarsycjusz.

Tarsylia f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Trasilla.

Tartara f Greek Mythology

Tarz m & f Indian (Rare)

Tarzícia f Hungarian
Feminine form of Tarzíciusz.

Tarzisia f Romansh
Feminine form of Tarzisi.

Tasarla f English (Rare), Romani (Rare, ?)
Possibly means "evening" in Romani, deriving from the Wallachian word searla. Alternatively it is a variant of Tasorlo.

Tascha f English (American, Modern, Rare), Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)

Tashana f English (Modern, Rare)

Tashauna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Tashaun.

Tasheka f African American (Modern, Rare)
Likely an invented name, possibly an elaboration of Tasha influenced by Tamika.

Tashia f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Tasha.

Tasie f English (Archaic)
Variant of Tacey.

Tasmiah f Indian, Pakistani, Bengali

Tasmine f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tasmin.

Taspia f Bengali (Rare)

Tassiana f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Tassica f Obscure

Tassja f German
Diminutive of Nastassja.

Tatana f Sardinian
Sardinian form of Sebastiana.

Tateona f Obscure

Tati f Ancient Egyptian, History
Meaning unknown. This was the name of an Egyptian queen from the 17-18th century BC.

Tatia f Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Tatius. A bearer of this name was the wife of Numa Pompilius, a king of Rome from the 7th century BC.

Tatia f Georgian
Meaning uncertain. Georgian sources state that the name is of Kartvelian origin but neglect to provide its meaning, whilst one Russian source essentially states that the name is a georgianization of Tatya, the Russian short form of Tatyana... [more]

Tatiane f Late Greek, Greek (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
In Greece, this name can be a variant form of the Greek name Tatiana as well as the Latin name Tatiana. In Brazil, Tatiane is usually a variant form of the Latin name Tatiana.

Tatianne f Belgian (Rare)

Tatijana f Slovene
Variant of Tatjana.

Tatiyana f Uzbek
Variant of Tatyana.

Tatja f Medieval Polish, German (Rare)
Medieval Polish diminutive of Tatiana.

Tatjána f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Tatiana.

Tatjanna f Obscure
Variant of Tatiana.

Tauba f Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Taube.

Taube f Yiddish (Archaic)
German-Yiddish form of Toiba. The name coincides with German Taube "dove".

Taudisca f Medieval Italian (Tuscan)
Variant of Tedesca.

Taunya f American (Modern, Rare)

Taurea f American (Modern, Rare)

Tausha f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Phonetic variant of Tasha.

Tavasz f Hungarian (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from Hungarian tavasz "springtime".

Tavaszka f Hungarian
Variant of Tavasz.

Tavia f Corsican
Short form of Ottavia.

Tavie f Picard, French
Diminutive of Octavie.

Tavori f American (Rare)

Tawera m & f Maori

Tawia f Western African (Archaic)
Tawia mean "born after twins"

Tawney f English
Variant of Tawny.

Tawni f & m Romani
Means "young; little" in Romani.

Tay f & m English (Modern)
Short form of Taylor.

Taya f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Taisiya and Thaïs influenced by the spelling of the name Tai.

Tayana f American (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Tiana.

Tayarna f English (Canadian, Modern, Rare)

Tayde f Spanish (Mexican), American (Hispanic)
Variant of Taide.

Taylah f English (Australian, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tayla.

Tayleah f American (Modern, Rare)

Tayleigh f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Taylee.

Taylen m & f American (Modern, Rare)

Taylin f & m American (Modern, Rare)

Tayna f Brazilian, Tupi
Variant of Tayná.

Tayná f Brazilian, Tupi
Variant of Tainá.

Taynara f Brazilian, Tupi
Variant of Tainara.

Tayshia f African American

Tayyibah f Pakistani (Rare)
Compare Tayebeh.

Tazagul f Kazakh (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare)
From Kazakh таза (taza) meaning "clean, neat, pure" combined with гүл (gül) meaning "flower".

Tazanna f English (Rare)

Tazia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Tatia.

Taziana f Italian
Italian variant of Tatiana.

Tazie f Gallo
Gallo short form of Anastasie.

Tazmin f English (British, Rare), English (Canadian)
Variant of Tasmin.

Tazonia f African American (Rare)

Tchårlote f Walloon
Walloon form of Charlotte.

Téa f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Variant of Théa.

Teagyn f & m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Teagan.

Teah f American (South, Rare)

Teala f American (South, Rare)

Tealyn f American (Modern, Rare)
Extremely rare combination of Teal and the popular name suffix lyn, based on similar-sounding names such as Keelin and Teagan.

Téana f French (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Théana.

Teanna f Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Teany.

Teany f Romani (Archaic)
Romani form of Dinah and Diana.

Tearra f English (American)

Tearsey f American (South, Rare, Archaic)

Teasha f American (Modern, Rare)

Tebra f English (Rare)
Variant of Debra.

Tebronia f Georgian (Rare)
Georgian name sources state that this name is of Greek origin, but that the meaning is unknown.... [more]

Tecia f Polish
Diminutive of Tekla.

Técola f Galician (Archaic)
Variant of Tecla.

Tecora f American (South, Rare, Archaic)

Tecra f Galician (Archaic)
Variant of Tecla.

Tecula f Corsican (Archaic)
Corsican form of Thekla.

Téczelka f Kashubian
Diminutive of Tékla.

Teda f Japanese Mythology

Tedesca f Medieval Italian
Derived from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz "of the people, popular, vernacular". It coincides with the modern Italian adjective tedesca, the feminine form of tedesco, "German".

Tedha f History (Ecclesiastical), Medieval Cornish
Cornish form of Tedda. This name was borne by a 5th-century virgin and saint in Wales and Cornwall. Early Latin records, however, mention the saint by the name Tecla (itself a form of the name Thecla borne by the first female martyr in Christianity) and consider her a companion of Breaca, while in Cornish sources, she was listed among the daughters of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog in Wales... [more]

Tedore f East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Theodore.

Tedra f American (South, Rare)
Maybe a shortened form of Cátedra.

Teea f Romanian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Finnish variant of Tea and Romanian form of Thea.

Teela f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tila.

Teela f Finnish (Rare)
Finnish variant of Dela and Tela.

Teele f Estonian
Originally a short form of Adeele, used as a given name in its own right.

Teeli f Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Teele.

Te'erica f African American (Modern, Rare)

Teesha f English, African American
Variant of Tisha.

Teesi f Estonian
Diminutive of Tereese.

Teevi f Estonian (Rare)

Teexa f Ligurian
Ligurian form of Theresa.

Tefta f Albanian
Tosk Albanian form of Teuta.

Tegen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish tegen "pretty thing, jewel, ornament".

Tegra f Galician (Rare)
Variant of Tecla.

Tegrida f Medieval Spanish
Medieval Spanish variant of Tigris.

Tegza f Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian tegez "quiver (for arrows)".

Tehani f Tahitian, Hawaiian, Literature
Derived from Tahitian te meaning "the" and hani meaning "darling". This was used for a character in the novel Mutiny on the Bounty (1932) by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall... [more]

Tehina f Polynesian (Rare)

Teia f Greek Mythology (Portuguese-style), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese form of Theia.

Téide f Irish Mythology (?)
Allegedly a wife of Finn MacCúmhaill.... [more]

Teika f Latvian (Rare)
Derived from Latvian teika "legend; folktale".

Teiksma f Latvian
Directly taken from Latvian teiksma "story; legend, fable".

Teila f English (Modern, Rare)

Teili f Estonian (Rare)

Teisi f Estonian
Variant of Teesi.

Teivi f Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Taivi.

Tekedra f American (Modern, Rare)

Tekethia f Obscure

Tékla f Kashubian
Kashubian form of Thekla.

Tekleczka f Polish
Diminutive of Tekla.

Tekusa f Medieval Russian
Russian form of Thekusa.

Tela f Polish
Diminutive of Tekla.

Tela f Obscure
Short form of Ottelia.

Telari f American (Modern, Rare)
Either a variant of Teleri or a transferred use of the Italian surname Telari.

Telayah f American (Rare)

Teleri f Welsh, Arthurian Cycle
Contraction of Welsh ty meaning "thy, your" and Eleri. This name is mentioned in Culhwch and Olwen as one of the maidens of King Arthur's court.

Telesa f African American

Telica f Caribbean (Rare)

Telie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tayley or Telly.

Telimena f Polish, Kashubian
Of unknown origin, but is speculated to derive from Philomena via a Belarusian form.

Télka f Kashubian
Diminutive of Telimena.

Telle f Estonian (Rare)

Telmika f American (Modern, Rare)

Telsa f Low German
Variant of Telse.

Telsche f Low German
Variant of Telse.

Telsea f American (Rare)

Telsia f American (South, Rare, Archaic)

Teltse f Yiddish
Variant of Toltse.

Telva f Spanish (?), Aragonese (?)

Telze f Yiddish
Variant of Teltse.

Tematea f Romani (Caló)
Caló form of Mary, used in reference to the Virgin Mary.

Temenuga f Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian теменуга (temenuga) "violet (flower)".

Temenuschka f Bulgarian (Germanized)
Variant transcription of Теменужка (see Temenuzhka).

Temenuzhka f Bulgarian

Temerity f English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word meaning "audacity, recklessness, foolhardy disregard of danger", which is ultimately from Latin temeritatem "blind chance, accident, rashness" (nominative temeritas), from temere "by chance, blindly, casually, rashly", related to tenebrae "darkness" (from the Indo-European root *temes- meaning "dark").

Temerla f Yiddish
(Polish?) Yiddish diminutive of Tema. Found in Polish documents from the early 1800s.

Temima f Jewish, Hebrew

Temmi f & m Literature

Temperantia f Medieval Italian
Derived from Latin temperantia "moderation, sobriety, temperance, self control".

Temprince f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Temperance.

Tenasha f African American (Modern, Rare)

Tenaya f American (Modern, Rare)
This has been in rare use as a feminine given name in the United States since the 1970s. It is possibly taken from the name of a lake in Yosemite, California, which was itself named for a 19th-century chief of the Ahwahnechee (a Miwok people of the Yosemite Valley), whose name may be derived from Central Sierra Miwok taná·ya- meaning "evening star".

Tene f Estonian

Teneu f History (Ecclesiastical)
Teneu is a legendary Christian saint who was venerated in medieval Glasgow, Scotland. Traditionally she was a sixth-century Brittonic princess of the ancient kingdom of Gododdin and the mother of Saint Kentigern, apostle to the Britons of Strathclyde and founder of the city of Glasgow... [more]

Ténia f Hungarian
Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a short form of Antónia and a short form of names ending in -ténia.

Tenna f Danish
Danish diminutive of Hortensia used from the 19th century onward.

Tenna f Romansh
Variant of Tena.

Tenrebile f Medieval Jewish

Tensley f English (American, Modern)
Possibly a blend of Tenley and Tinsley.

Teobalda f Polish, Hungarian
Feminine form of Teobald.

Teoda f Medieval Spanish

Teodesia f Medieval Italian

Teodolinda f Italian, Spanish (Rare), Galician, Portuguese (Rare), Hungarian
Italian, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese and Hungarian form of Theodelind.

Teodorica f Italian (Rare), Italian (Swiss, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Feminine form of Teodorico.

Teodosia f Spanish, Galician (Rare), Italian, Romansh, Romanian
Spanish, Galician, Romansh, Romanian and Italian form of Theodosia.

Teodota f Italian (Rare), Polish
Italian and Polish feminine form of Greek Theodotos.

Teodózia f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Theodosia.

Téòdozjô f Kashubian
Kashubian form of Theodosia.

Teódula f Spanish
Feminine form of Teódulo.

Teofánia f Hungarian (Rare, Archaic)
Hungarian form of Theophania.

Teofania f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish form of Theophania.

Teofanija f Slovene
Slovene form of Theophania.

Teofilatta f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Greek Theophylaktos.

Teofilė f Lithuanian
Lithuanian cognate of Teofila.

Teolinda f Portuguese, Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Contracted form of Teodolinda.

Teona f Polish, Romanian
Polish and Romanian form of Theona.

Teonela f Polish (Rare)
Variant of Teonilla.

Teónia f Hungarian (Rare)
Feminine form of Theonasz.

Teonilla f Italian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Italian and Polish form of Theonilla.

Teonni f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Teonora f Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Theonora.

Teopista f English (African), Italian (Tuscan, Archaic), Spanish (Archaic), Portuguese (Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
Form of Theopista in several languages. Nowadays, this name is primarily used in Uganda and other English-speaking nations in Africa.

Teosebia f Italian (Swiss, Rare, Archaic)
Swiss-Italian form of Theosebia.

Teosia f Polish
Diminutive of Teofila.

Tequania f Obscure

Tequila f English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the English word tequila for the alcoholic drink. It is ultimately from Spanish, the name of a town in Mexico where the drink was made.

Tera f Vilamovian
Vilamovian form of Theresa.

Terama f Corsican (Archaic)
Feminine form of Teramu.

Terangimaria m & f Maori

Terce f Jewish

Tercia f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Tersa and a derivation from Middle English tercel and Middle French terçuel "hawk; falcon.

Tercia f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Tertia.

Tercília f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine form of Tercílio.

Tereanna f American (South, Rare, Archaic)

Tereese f Estonian
Estonian form of Therese.

Tereija f Medieval Galician
Variant of Tareija.

Tereina f American (Modern, Rare)

Tereixa f Galician (Rare)
Variant of Tareixa.

Terela f Galician
Diminutive of Tereixa and Teresa.

Terencia f Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Terentia.

Terencja f Polish
Feminine form of Terencjusz.

Terentia f Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Terentius. This was the name of the wife of Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Terenzia f Italian (Rare), Italian (Swiss)
Italian form of Terentia.

Terèsa f Provençal
Provençal form of Theresa.

Teresía f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Theresia

Teresina f Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Catalan (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Sardinian, Romansh
Diminutive of Teresa. This name is borne by Argentine senator Teresina Luna.

Teressa f American (Rare)
Phonetic respelling of Theresa, trying to capture several European pronuncations of this name, for example the Italian pronunciation.

Teressia f Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Theresa.

Terez f Banat Swabian
Banatswabian form of Teréz and Theres.

Teréza f Kashubian, Hungarian
Kashubian form of Theresa and Hungarian variant of Terézia.