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Tufan m Turkish
Means "deluge, storm" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).

Tugal m & f Mongolian (Rare)
Means "calf" in Mongolian.

Tugan m Ossetian

Tuğra m Turkish (Rare)

Tuhfa m Uzbek
Means "present, gift" in Uzbek.

Tujen m Breton
Derived from Breton tut "people" and gen "birth".

Tukaĸ m & f Greenlandic
Means "harpoon head" in Greenlandic.

Tukay m Yakut

T’ukri m Quechua
Means "sentinel" in Quechua.

Tuktu m & f Inuit
Means "caribou" in Inuktitut.

Tukul m Javanese
From Javanese thukul meaning "grow, sprout, develop".

Tukur m & f African

Tulan m & f Chinese (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Tu and Lan 1.

Tulev m Estonian (Archaic)

Tulga m Germanic
From Gothic tulgus "firm, steady, solid".... [more]

Tulga m & f Mongolian
Means "cooking stand" in Mongolian

Túlir m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Tólir.

Tulir m Old Danish
Maybe an Old Danish form of Tólir.

Tul·li m Catalan
Catalan form of Tullius.

Tulsi f & m Hinduism, Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Nepali
From 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.

Tulus m Javanese, Indonesian
Means "righteous, upright, sincere" in Javanese.

Tuluy m Yakut
Means "patient" in Yakut.

Tuman m Armenian (Archaic), Kazakh (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare), Uzbek (Rare)
Armenian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek form of the Mongol name Tümen, probably via its Old Turkic form Tümän. Also compare the Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek word tuman meaning "fog", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *tuman meaning "mist, fog".... [more]

Tumar f & m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Derived from the Kazakh and Kyrgyz noun tumar meaning "amulet". This name is unisex in both countries, but more often given to females than to males.

Tumas m Maltese, Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Maltese and Icelandic form of Thomas.

Tumas m Arabic, Somali
Arabic form of Thomas.

Tumas m Quechua
Quechua form of Thomas.

Tumay m Mordvin
Derived from тумо (tumo) meaning "oak".

Tümen m & f Mongolian, Yakut
Means "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.... [more]

Tumma m & f Finnish
Means "dark" in Finnish.

Tummi m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Tómi.

Tumna m Chuvash
Means "blast furnace" in Chuvash, derived from Russian domna.

Tumur m Mongolian
Variant transcription of Tömör.

Tunau m Hausa
Means "remember" in Hausa.

Tunay m & f Turkish (Modern)
Means "moonlight" or "the light that illuminates night" in Turkish.

Tundu m Eastern African

Tunga m Turkish
Mostly 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)... [more]

Tunne m Estonian
Form of Tauno. It also coincides with the Estonian word for "to touch".

Tunva m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ธันวา (see Thanwa).

Tunwa m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ธันวา (see Thanwa).

Tunya f & m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ธัญญา (see Thanya).

Tuone m Italian, Friulian, Croatian, South Slavic
Short form of Antonio. A notable bearer was Tuone Udaina (1823–1898), the last speaker of Dalmatian language.

Tường m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 祥 (tường) meaning "good luck, good omen".

Tuovi f & m Finnish
Derived 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).

Tupou f & m Tongan
A royal title from Tonga, means "bowing the head (as in bowing to a royal)" or "king". Tupou is the name of the royal family of Tonga, after King George Tupou I adopted the name.

Tupsa m Kven
Kven diminutive of Tobias.

Turab m Azerbaijani

Turaç m & f Turkish
Means "francolin" in Turkish.

Turaj m Persian Mythology
Variant of Tur, itself of uncertain meaning.

Turar m & f Kazakh
Means "will live", derived from Kazakh тірі (tiri) meaning "survive" or "alive, lively". This name was traditionally given when a child (usually a son) was not expected to live.

Turbo m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Likely from the English word or prefix turbo(-).

Turia f & m Maori
From tūria meaning "journey" in Māori.

Turki m Arabic
From Arabic تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy) meaning "Turk, Turkish".

Turoa m Maori, History
From tūroa meaning "enduring" in Māori.

Turon m Tajik (Rare), Uzbek (Rare)
Tajik and Uzbek form of Turan.

Turoq m Uzbek
Means "refrain" in Uzbek.

Tutti f & m German, Norwegian (Archaic), Popular Culture, Italian
German diminutive of Gertrude and other names containing the Germanic element thrud meaning "strength". This was used for one of Barbie's little sisters, now discontinued.

Tuttu f & m Finnish (Rare)
Means "familiar, conversant" in Finnish.

Tutur m Walloon
Diminutive of Arthur.

Tutyr m Ossetian Mythology
Meaning unknown. Tutyr was the Ossetian lord of wolves and the enemy of Fælværa, protector of sheep. He is identified with Saint Theodore of Tyre.

Tuulo m & f Finnish, Estonian
Variant or masculine form of Tuuli and Tuulikki.

Tuuri m & f Finnish (Rare)
Means "luck" in Finnish.

Tuval m Hebrew (Rare), Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Tubal.

Tuvèu m Sicilian

Tuvia m Hebrew
Variant transcription of Tovia.

Tuvoq m Uzbek
Means "cauldron lid" in Uzbek.

Tuyên m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 宣 (tuyên) meaning "to declare, announce, command".

Tuyền m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 璇 (tuyền) meaning "fine jade" or 暶 (tuyền) meaning "bright, beautiful".

Tuyet f & m Vietnamese (Anglicized)
Variant of Tuyết used outside of Vietnam.

Tuzal m Uzbek
Means "to recover, get better, improve" in Uzbek.

Tuzan m Uzbek
Means "to make oneself ready" in Uzbek.

Twain m English
Transferred use of the surname and pseudonym, Twain. Twain is an archaic term for "two", as in "The veil of the temple was rent in twain."

Twana m Kurdish
From Persian توانا (tavânâ) meaning "powerful".

Txabi m Basque
Diminutive of Txabier and variant of Xabi.

Txais m & f Hmong
Means "accept, receive" in Hmong Daw.

Txiaj m & f Hmong
Means "money, wealth" or "valuable" in Hmong Daw.

Tyago m Portuguese
Variant of Tiago.

Tyair m African American

Tyano m Filipino, Tagalog
Diminutive of Graciano, Luciano, Sebastián and similar names.

Tycen m American (Modern, Rare)

Tycho m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Tychon.

Tydée m Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Tydeus.

Tydus m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Titus.

Tyger m Literature, English
Older form of Tiger, used by William Blake in his poem 'The Tyger' (1794).

Tyghe m Celtic
Transferred use of the surname Tyghe.

Tygyn m Yakut
From the name of Тыгын Дархан (Tygyn Darkhan) a legendary Yakut leader from the 17th century.

Tyhir m African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a combination of the popular element ty and the given name Tahir.

Tyjae m & f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements ty and jay. It can be spelled Tyjae or with a capitalized third letter as TyJae.

Tyjah m & f African, African American (Modern)
Apparently means "smart" in one of the languages on the African continent. However, the name can also be derived from the name abbreviation (or initials) T.J., which is typically pronounced as "tee-jay" and its pronunciation henceforth developed into a first name of its own right (Teejay).

Tyjuś m Silesian
Diminutive of Teodor.

Tylan m American (Modern, Rare)

Tylee f & m English (African, Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements ty and lee.

Tylen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
A combination of the phonetic elements ty and lyn.

Tylin m African

Tylio m French (Modern), Breton (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Tilio.

Týlir m Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Tólir.

Tylon m English (Modern, Rare)

Tylos m Greek Mythology
Possibly from Ancient Greek τύλος (tylos) meaning "callus" or "knob, knot". Tylos is a mythological character in Nonnus' epic poem Dionysiaca, where he accidentally touches a serpent which attacks and suffocates him... [more]

Tylus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Tylos.

Tymal m English

Tyméo m French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Variant of Timéo.

Tymir m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Portmanteau of Tyler and Amir 1.

Tymyr m Yakut
Variant of Timir.

Tynan m English (Australian, Rare), Irish
Variation of the transferred use of the surname Tuíneán.

Týnek m Czech
Diminutive form of Celestyn.

Tyner m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tyner.

Tynko m Czech
Diminutive form of Celestyn.

Tynno m Indonesian

Tyran f & m American (Modern, Rare)

Tyras m Biblical Hebrew
The name is a derivative of Tiras who was one of Noah’s grandsons. Specifically Japheth’s son.

Tyrec m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tyrik.

Tyrek m African American (Rare)
Variant of Tyriq.

Tyrel m English
Variant of Tyrell.

Tyren m English (Rare), African American
Variant of Tyrone.

Tyren m Dutch (Rare)

Tyrie m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tyree.

Tyrin m English (Modern, Rare), African American (Modern)

Tyris m African American (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Tyrus or Tyrese.

Tyrus m English, African American, Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Tyrus, or modern blend of Tyrone and Cyrus... [more]

Tyrvi m Old Norse
Either derived from the name of the Norse god Týr (see Tyr) or from Old Norse tyrfi meaning "resinous fir-tree, fatwood".

Tysen m English (Modern)
Variant of Tyson.

Tysoe m English

Tysun m English
Variant of Tyson.

Tytan m American
Variant of Titan.

Tytos m Literature
Created by author George R. R. Martin for a character in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire" and the television adaptation "Game of Thrones". In the series, Tytos Lannister is the patriarch of House Lannister during the later years of the Targaryen dynasty and the father of Tywin and Kevan.

Tyvon m African American (Rare)
An invented name based on the popular name syllables Ty and von.

Tywin m Literature, Popular Culture
The name of a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels. He is the patriarch of House Lannister, and father of Jaime, Cersei, and Tyrion.

Tzapa m Nahuatl
Means "dwarf" in Nahuatl.

Tzlil f & m Hebrew
Variant of the name Tslil which means "sound; voice" in Hebrew.

Tzoni m Greek (Modern)
Greek spelling of Johnny.

Tzook m Hebrew (Rare)

Tzuri m & f English (Rare), Hebrew (Rare)
Variant of Zuri or Zurie influenced by the Hebrew name Tzuri'el

Tzu-yu f & m Taiwanese
Taiwanese romanization of Ziyu.