TanmJapanese From Japanese 坦 (tan) meaning "flat, smooth", 旦 (tan) meaning "morning, dawn", 淡 (tan) meaning "pale", 潭 (tan) meaning "deep pool, lake" or 澹 (tan) meaning "quiet; tranquil" or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.
TanagrafGreek Mythology The name of a daughter of Asopos and a naiad of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Tanagra in Boioti. Her name is taken from that place.
TanamifEnglish (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.
TanandrafPortuguese (Brazilian, Rare) Tanandra was apparently invented and has no meaning. It may be a junction names such as Tanya + Sandra, or a composition from the parent's name, for example, Tancred + Leandra. It can be inspired by other names with Andra, as Cassandra for example... [more]
TanaquilfEtruscan (Latinized), Ancient Roman Latinized form of the Etruscan name Thanchvil which meant "gift of Thana", presumably from the name of a lost Etruscan goddess Thana combined with Etruscan cvil. This was the name of the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome in the 7th century BC... [more]
TanatarmKazakh Means "born before dawn", derived from Kazakh таң (tañ) "dawn, daybreak".
Tanatswam & fShona Means "we have been perfected" in Shona.
TanausismGothic Tanausis was a legendary king of the Goths, according to Jordanes's Getica (5.47). The 19th-century scholar Alfred von Gutschmid assigned his reign to 1323 BC - 1290 BC. According to the Getica, he was the Gothic king who halted the advance of the Egyptian armies of the Egyptian king Sesostris (whom Jordanes calls Vesosis)... [more]
TanausúmSpanish (Canarian), Guanche Name of a Guanche ruler from the island of La Palma, known for his fierce resistance against the Castillians during the conquest of the Canary Islands in the 15th century. This name had a revival in the 1980's.
TanaymSanskrit Sanskrit name meaning son or belonging to one's family.
TanayafIndian, Hindi Derived from Sanskrit tanaya (तनया ) "daughter" or "belonging to one's family; this child of mine".
Tanaydinm & fTurkish Derived from the Turkish tan meaning "dawn, daybreak" and aydın meaning "intellectual".
TanchefHistory (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.
TanchummHebrew Means "consolation" in Hebrew. The name is used in the Talmud for a great sage who lived in Babylon.
TanganuturafIndigenous Tasmanian means "to weep bitterly" in Palawa. This was the name of the mother of Fanny Cochrane Smith (1834-1905), who was the last fluent speaker of a Tasmanian language.
TangerinefPopular Culture Presumably from the English word, which refers to a red or orange colored citrus fruit. Mentioned as a name in the songs 'Tangerine' by Led Zeppelin and 'Tangerine' by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
TangjunfChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 珺 (jùn) meaning "beautiful jade".
TanglifChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine" or 丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful".
TangmanmGaro From the Garo word তঙ্ (tang) meaning "living" and মঁ (man) meaning "person".
TangmeifChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 梅 (méi) meaning "plums".
TangnafChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate".
TangniufChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plum" and 妞 (niū) meaning "girl".
Tangof & mEnglish Vocabulary name referring to a South American dance style that utilises an embracing hold. Its name may come from the Latin tangere, meaning "touch".... [more]
TañgölfBashkir From Bashkir таң (tañ) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and гөл (göl ) meaning "flower".
TangqiongfChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 琼 (qióng) meaning "jade, rare, precious".
TangwenfWelsh Derived from Welsh tanc "peace" combined with gwen "white, fair, blessed". It occurs briefly in 'Culhwch and Olwen' belonging to a lady at King Arthur's court, the daughter of Gweir Servitor of Birds.
TangxingfChinese From Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" combined with 星 (xīng) meaning "star, planet". Other characters are possible.
TangxuanfChinese From the Chinese 棠 (táng) meaning "wild plums" and 璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade, star".
TanhiliwfBashkir Cognate of Tansilu derived from Bashkir таң (tañ) "dawn, daybreak" combined with һылыу (hïlïw) "beautiful".
TaniafJapanese From Japanese 渓 (tani) meaning "mountain stream, creek" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
TanimafPashto Means "wave (of the sea)" in Pashto.
TanimarafDutch (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]
TanjevmGerman (Modern, Rare) Despite its Russian sound, the name originated in Germany in the 1970's. According to the journalist Tanjev Schultz his parents have heard the name in an unidentified Russian film.... [more]
TanjifArabic Tanji is a reference to the sleek, fast coursing hounds of Arabia and Persia.
Tanjilf & mEnglish (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.
TanjiroumJapanese The name of the main protagonist of the popular manga "Kimetsu no Yaiba," Kamado Tanjirou. His name translates as coal/charcoal + rule + son.
TäñkäbikäfBashkir From Bashkir тәңкә (täñkä) meaning "ruble, silver coin (arc.)" or "fish scale", also the name of metal pieces of decoration sewn on women's traditional clothes or interwoven into hair, and feminine name element бикә (bikä).
TannakinfFolklore, Literature Tannakin Skinker is a pig-faced woman in A Certaine Relation of the Hog-faced Gentlewoman called Mistris Tannakin Skinker, a 1640 chapbook.
TannisfEnglish (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]
Tanoutef & mCoptic (Sahidic) Means "the goddess" in Coptic. The name ultimately derives from the Egyptian feminine prefix (or article/pronoun) ta combined with Egyptian nuti "God". Also, please note that I am uncertain for which gender this name is used, so I listed both genders.
TanovarfUzbek Uzbek feminine name derived from the name of a classical Uzbek folk dance melody.
TanpopofJapanese (Modern, Rare) From 蒲公英 (tanpopo), referring to the dandelion, likely to have originated from a contraction of 田菜 (tana), the old name for the flowering plant, with the addition of 頬 (hoho) meaning "cheek," from the flowering plant's resemblance to a cheek of a face.... [more]
TañqızfKarachay-Balkar From the Karachay-Balkar танг (tañ) meaning "dawn" and къыз (qız) meaning "girl".
TantafLiterature used by J.R.R. Tolkien for the Hobbit Tanta Hornblower, the great-grandmother of Frodo Baggins.
TantafInca "Beautiful beyond exaggeration," is how one Spanish chronicler described Tanta Carhua. Carhua was a ten-year old Inca child whose father offered her to the Inca Emperor as a Capacocha sacrifice. The honour of sacrifice was bestowed not only on the family, but was forever immortalized in the child... [more]
TantalusmGreek Mythology In Greek mythology he was a hero, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink... [more]
TantormLiterature Tantor is a generic name for elephants in Mangani, the fictional language of the great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.