English Submitted Names

Timber m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the name of the type of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing.... [more]

Timberlee f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Timberley/Timberly.

Timberlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of Timber with the popular name suffix -lyn. This particular combination may have been somewhat inspired by the name Kimberly.

Time m English

Timi f & m English
Variant of Timmy.

Timika f English (American)
Variant of Tamika.

Timm m English
Variant of Tim.

Timmi f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Timmy.

Timmie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Timmy.

Timmothy m English
Variant of Timothy.

Timmye f English
Feminine spelling of Timmy.

Timolin f English (American)
Probably derived from the name of the Irish village Timolin.... [more]

Timothia f English (Rare)
Variant of Timothea.

Timothie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Timothy.

Timothye m & f English, English (Puritan)
Variant of Timothy, notably the name of theologian William Perkins' wife.

Timoty m English (Rare)
Variant of Timothy.

Tinaya f English (New Zealand), Maori

Tinda f English (Rare)

Tiney f English
Either from the English tiny meaning "small," or a diminutive of Christina, Valentina, Martina, and other names ending in -tina.

Tinie f Danish, English (American)
Pet form of Tina.... [more]

Tink f Popular Culture, English
Diminutive of Tinkerbell.

Tinlee f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tinley.

Tinleigh f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tinley.

Tinley f English (American)
Variant of Tenley.

Tinsel f English (Modern, Rare)
A "glittering metallic thread" invented in Nuremberg around 1610. It is usually found woven in fabric to give a shimmery aesthetic or hung in strands on trees, usually Christmas trees, during the winter season to simulate icicles... [more]

Tinslee f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tinsley.

Tinsleigh f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tinsley.

Tiny f & m English
Nickname for someone with a tiny build.

Tionne f English (Modern, Rare)
This name is Modern English in origin and has an unknown meaning. Tionne Watkins is the birth name of T-Boz from the American musical group TLC

Tip m English (Rare)

Tiphani f English (Modern)
Variant of Tiffany.

Tiphany f English
Variant of Tiffany.

Tippi f English

Tippy f English
Diminutive of Tiffany

Tipton m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tipton.

Tirah f English (Rare)
unknown

Tirek m English (Modern, Rare)

Tirene f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tirese m English (American, Rare)
Masculine variant of Therese.

Tiriel m English (Modern, Rare)

Tirza f Dutch, Portuguese (Rare), English (Rare), Hebrew (Rare), Danish (Rare), Hungarian
Variant of Tirzah.

Tish f English
Short form of Letitia.

Tishandra f English, African American
Form of Tisha.

Tishie f English (American, Rare)
Diminutive of Letitia. Also compare Tisha.

Titan m English, Hungarian
From the English word referring to "any of the giant gods in Greek mythology who preceded the Olympian gods". From the Ancient Greek titan (Τιτάν) of the same meaning.

Titana f English
Feminine form of Titan

Titanic m English

Titanka f English

Titi f Russian, Polish, German (Austrian), English
Diminutive of Theresa, Teresa, Therese, Thérèse, Terese, Theresia, Teresia... [more]

Titia f Dutch, English (Archaic)
Dutch and English short form of Laetitia as well as an archaic English diminutive of Crescentia.

Tiyah m English (American)
Variant of Tia.

Tiyana f Indonesian, English
Variant of Tiana.

Tiyanah f English
Alternative spelling of Tiyana.

T'nia f English (Modern, Rare)

Tobais m English (Rare)
Variant of Tobias.

Tobe m English (Rare)
Variant of Toby.

Tobel m English (Puritan)
Said to mean "God is good" from the Hebrew elements טוֹב (tov) meaning "good" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God"... [more]

Toben m English

Tobey m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Toby. A famous bearer of this name is American actor Tobey Maguire (1975-), born Tobias Vincent Maguire.

Tobi m & f Hebrew, English (Modern)
Variant of Toby. ... [more]

Tobitha f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tabitha.

Tobyn m English
Variant spelling of Tobin.

Toddy m English
Diminutive of Todd.

Todhunter m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Todhunter. In the case of Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller "Tod", this is a family surname (her grandmother was Mary Todhunter Sill, and great-grandmother, Jane Todhunter).

Toffer m English (Rare)
Short form of Christopher.

Toinetta f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Toinette.

Tokyo f & m Popular Culture, English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred usage of the Japanese capital city Tokyo as a given name. Its usage as a feminine given name is popularized by the TV show Money Heist, where Tokyo is one of the nine robbers featured there.

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

Toller m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Toller.

Tollie m English (Rare)
Variant of Tolly.

Tolliver m English
Variant of Taliaferro.

Tolman m English
"Collector of taxes"

Tomasena f English

Tomasina f English (Rare), Medieval Italian, Galician, Spanish (Rare), Romansh
Cognate of Thomasina.

Tomasyne f English (Rare, ?)
Variant of Thomasine.

Tomeka f English
Variant of Tomika.

Tomi f English
Diminutive of Thomasina.

Tomik m English (Australian)
Variant of the name Tomas.

Tomika f English
Variant of Tamika.

Tomma f English (American, Rare)
A feminine form of Thomas, Tom or Tommy

Tommi f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Tommy.

Tommo m English (Rare), Medieval Italian, Literature
English diminutive of Thomas and medieval Italian short form of Tommaso.... [more]

Tommye m & f English
Variant of Tommie.

Tomya f English (Rare)
Probably a variant of Tonya, influenced by Tom.

Tonee f & m English
Variant of Toni or Tony.

Tonette f English (Modern, Rare)
Likely a (slightly corrupted) short form of Antoinette.

Toney m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Tony or Toni 2.

Tonicha f African American (Rare), English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tanisha. In the case of the Portuguese singer Tonicha (1946-), born Antónia de Jesus Montes Tonicha, it is apparently from her surname.

Tonie m & f English
Variant of Tony and Toni.

Tonisha f English (Modern)
Combination of the popular name element Ton (from names such as Antonia) and the common name suffix sha.

Tootie f English
Diminutive of Dorothy.

Tootsie f English
Diminutive of Dorothy.

Toph m English (Rare)
Short form of Christopher.

Topham m English (British, Rare)

Torah f & m English (Modern, Rare)

Toran m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Torin.

Toren m English (Modern)
Variant of Torin.

Torey m & f English
Variant of Tori and Tory.

Torie f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Tory or Tori.

Torrance m English (Rare)
Variant of Torrence.

Torren m English
Transferred use of the surname.

Torrence m African American (Modern, Rare), English
Transferred use of the surname Torrence or variation of Terrance.

Torrent m English
Transferred use of the surname Torrent.

Torrey m & f English
Variant of Tory based on the spelling of the surname Torrey.

Torri f English
Variant of Tori.

Torrin m & f English (American), English (Australian), English (New Zealand)
Of unknown origin and meaning.

Torryn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant and feminine form of Torin.

Toryn f Irish, English
Feminine form of Torin.

Tosh f English, African American
Variant if Tash, diminutive of Natasha, Latosha, etc.

Toshiba f English (American)

Totti f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Charlotte and Dorothy. A known bearer of this name was the British actress Totti Truman Taylor (1903-1981), whose birth name was Dorothy Leah Truman.

Tourmaline f English (Rare)
From the name of a type of crystal.... [more]

Townes m English (Rare)
Possibly a shortened form of Townsend.

Townsend m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Townsend.

Toxey m English (American, Rare), American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Toxey.... [more]

Toy m English

Toyah f English, Dutch (Rare)
Variant spelling of Toya.... [more]

Tracen m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Treyson.

Tracia f English
Elaboration of Tracy.

Track m English (Rare)
From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac, from a Germanic source akin to Old Norse traðk (“a track; path; trodden spot”).

Trae m English (Modern)
Variant of Trey.

Traeh f English
The word heart spelled backwards.

Traeson m English (American, Rare)

Tralee f English (Modern, Rare)

Trameka f English (American)

Trapper m English (Rare)

Trason m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Treyson.

Trav m English (Rare)
Short form of Travis.

Travanti m English (American, Rare)
Transferred from the surname Travanti due to the popularity of the actor Daniel J. Travanti.

Traver m English (American, Rare)
Possibly transferred use of the surname Traver.

Traverse m English
Virtue name after the vocabulary word traverse, to suggest a journey (through life) or transferred use of the surname Traverse.

Tray m English (American)
Variant of Trey.

Trayce m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Trace or Tracy.

Traycee f English (Rare)
Variant of Tracy.

Traylor m & f English
From an English surname, derived from the Middle English term "trel," which means a type of machine or device. Actress Traylor Howard is a well-known bearer.

Trayson m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Treyson.

Trea m English
Often given to the third boy child/son.

Treana f English

Treasha f English (Modern, Rare)

Treat m English
From Middle English (in the senses ‘negotiate’ and ‘discuss a subject’) from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare ‘handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw, pull’.

Treb m & f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)

Trebor m English
Robert spelled backward.... [more]

Trecy f English
Diminutive of Theresa.

Tree f English (American, Rare)
Diminutive of Theresa.

Treelore m English (Rare)
Probably a variant of Treloar, this was the name of Aibileen Clark’s son, in Stockett’s ‘the help’

Treena f English (Rare)
Variant of Trina.

Treg m English (American, Rare)
Short form of Tregory.

Tregory m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tregory.... [more]

Treia f English (Modern, Rare)
Either a diminutive for any name containing the element or sound of -trey-, or derived from the Latin tria, trēs "three" (see: Trey).

Trek m English

Trekker m English

Trellie f English (Rare, Archaic, ?)

Tremain m Cornish, English
Variant of Tremaine.

Tremel m English (American, Modern, Rare)

Trena f English
Variant of Trina.

Treniss m English (Rare)
Possibly derived from a surname.

Tresia f English (American)

Tresillian m English (Rare)
Possibly from a surname that was derived from a Cornish place name meaning "Sulien's homestead".

Tress f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Theresa.

Tressi f English (Modern, Rare)
Either a diminutive of Tressa or else a transferred use of the surname Tressi.

Tressie f English
Diminutive of Theresa.

Treu m & f English (Rare)
Either transferred use of the surname Treu or a variant of True.

Trevar m English
Variant of Trevor.

Trevelee f English (Rare)
Combination of Trev and Lee.

Trevi f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive or feminine form of Trevor.

Trevore m English
Variant of Trevor.

Trevour m English
Variant of Trevor.

Trevy m & f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Trevor.

Trevylyan m English
Variant of Trevelyan.

Trevyn m English (Modern, Rare)

Trevyr m English
Variant of Trevor.

Treyce m English
Variant of Trace

Treysen m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Treyson.

Treyton m English (Modern)
Variant of Trayton.

Trial m English (Puritan)
Meaning, "to test (something, especially a new product) to assess its suitability or performance." Referring to the trials and tribulations that may come with faith in God.

Trianna f English (Rare)

Tribeca f English (American, Modern, Rare)
After the New York neighbourhood, ultimately derived from "TRIangle BElow CAnal street".

Tribulation m English (Puritan), Literature
Middle English via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin tribulatio(n-), from Latin tribulare ‘press, oppress’, from tribulum ‘threshing board (constructed of sharp points)’, based on terere ‘rub’... [more]

Trichelle f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Trishelle.

Tridecima f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Latin tridecimus "thirteenth".

Trieste f English (American)
Trieste Kelly Dunn is an American actress. ... [more]

Triffie f English (Canadian, Rare), American (Rare)
Diminutive of Tryphena or Tryphosa.

Trig m English
Anglicized form of Trygve.

Trigg m English
Transferred use of the surname Trigg from the Old Norse name Tryggr, meaning “trustworthy, faithful, true”... [more]

Trigga m African American (Rare), English (African, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Trigga.

Trigger m American (Rare), English (British, Rare)
Meaning can be particular to the bearer, such as "trigger of a gun" for someone noted for marksmanship. In the British television series 'Only Fools and Horses' (1981-1991) one character was called Trigger after the horse owned by Roy Rogers.

Trilby f English (Rare), Literature
The name of the titular character in George Du Maurier's 1894 novel 'Trilby', about an tone-deaf model who is hypnotized to become a talented singer. The name became a (now obsolete) colloquial term for a foot, as the character's feet were objects of admiration... [more]

Trilla f Popular Culture, English

Trillion m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the English word trillion.

Trillium f English (Modern)
The name of a flowering plant genus, which is derived from Latin trium "three". (It has also been speculated that the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus modified the Swedish word trilling "triplet" to arrive at the New Latin name trillium.) The plant is so called for its whorl of three leaves (at the top of the stem), from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petaled flower, in color white, purple or pink.... [more]

Trilly f & m English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)

Trinabelle f English (Rare)

Trinia f English (American)

Trinie f English (Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of Trinity.

Trinitas f English (African, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Original Latin form of Trinity.

Trinite m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Trinity.

Trinitee f English (Modern)
Variant of Trinity.

Triniti f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Trinity

Trinny f English (British, Modern, Rare)
This nickname is most well known because of British beauty entrepreneur, businesswoman, fashion and makeover expert, television presenter and author, Sarah-Jane "Trinny" Woodall. The 'Trinny' nickname came from a friend who likened her to a "St Trinian’s" character.... [more]

Trip m English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Means "three" or "third", ultimately from a Latin root. It is the nickname of both Antoine Triplett ('Marvel's Agents of SHIELD') and Charles Tucker III ('Star Trek: Enterprise').

Triphene f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tryphena. This was borne by a short-lived daughter (1765-1769) of the early American midwife and diarist Martha Ballard.

Tris f & m English, Literature
Short form of Beatrice, Trisana, Tristan or Tristram.... [more]

Trishie f English
Variant of Trishy.

Trissa f English (American, Rare)

Trissie f English (Archaic)
Diminutive of Beatrice.

Trissy f English
Diminutive of Beatrice.

Tristam m Literature, English (Archaic)
Archaic form of Tristan.... [more]

Tristesse f English (Modern, Rare)
Apparently an adoption of the French word tristesse "sadness; melancholy".... [more]

Tristia f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Trista. It coincides with the neuter plural form of Latin tristis "sad".

Tristian m English (Modern)
Variant of Tristan.

Tristina f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Tristan using the popular suffix ina, probably influenced by the sound of Christina.

Tristine f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Tristan using the popular suffix ine, probably influenced by the sound of Christine. It is borne by American writer Tristine Rainer.

Tristitia f English (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from Latin tristitia "sadness; grief; melancholy".... [more]

Tristy f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Tristan.

Tristyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Tristan.

Tritnee f English (Modern, Rare)
Of uncertain origin.

Triumph m English (Rare)
From the English word triumph "a great victory or achievement", ultimately from Greek thriambos "hymn to Bacchus".

Trixia f Filipino, English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Trixie.

Trixibella f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Trixibelle

Trixibelle f English
Possibly coined by television presenter Paula Yates and musician Bob Geldof for their daughter Fifi Trixibelle Geldof (1983-), from a combination of Trixie and Belle.

Trixy f English (Rare)
Variant of Trixie.

Troi m & f English (American)
Variant of Troy.

Troian m & f Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern)
Possibly a transferred use of the surname.

Tronden m English (American, Rare)

Trothy f English (British, Archaic)
Perhaps derived from the archaic English word troth meaning "truth, a pledge". This name was recorded in the 19th century in Yorkshire, England.

Trott m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Trott.... [more]

Troya f English
Feminine form of Troy.

Troye m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Troy, sometimes used as a feminine form. A known bearer is South African-born Australian singer-songwriter and actor Troye Sivan (1995-).... [more]

Tru f & m English (Modern)
Either a variant of True or a short form of Trudy, Truman and other names beginning with Tru... [more]

Trudence f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Trudy influenced by the name Prudence.

Trudene f English (Rare), Afrikaans
Elaborated form of Trudy.

True f & m English (Puritan)
From the English word "true" meaning "conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct; loyal, faithful; genuine; legitimate; accurate". From the Middle English trewe, from the Old English trīewe, (Mercian) trēowe 'trusty, faithful'.... [more]

True-heart m English (Puritan)
Referring to Hebrews 10:22, "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."

Truely f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Truly.

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

Truett m English
Transferred use of the surname Truett.

Truetta f English, American

Truitt m English
Variant of Truett.

Trula f English (American, Rare)
Perhaps an invented name, using the ula suffix sound found in such names as Beulah, Eula, Lula 1 and Zula 2, and possibly influenced by Trudie or the English word truly.

Trulee f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Truly.

Truley f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Truly.

Truly f English (Modern), Popular Culture, Theatre
From Old English trēowlīce meaning ‘faithfully’.

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

Trust m & f English (Rare, Archaic)
Middle English from Old Norse traust, from traustr ‘strong’; the verb from Old Norse treysta, assimilated to the noun.

Trusty m English (American)
Diminutive of Trust.... [more]

Truth f & m English (Puritan), English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word "truth" from Old English trīewth, trēowth meaning ‘faithfulness.'

Truxton m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Truxton. It was used by the American author George Barr McCutcheon for the title character of his novel Truxton King (1909).

Truxtun m English (Rare)
Transferred use of a surname Truxton.

Trye m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Trye.

Tryphenia f English
Elaboration of Tryphena.

Tryphine f South African, English (African)
Anglicized form of Triphina.

Tryson m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tryson.

Trysta f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Trista.

Trysten m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tristan.

Tryston m English (American, Modern, Rare), English (Canadian, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tristan.

Tuck m English
Short form of Tucker.

Tufton f English

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.

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.

Tula f English
Diminutive of Tallulah.

Tulah f English (Modern, Rare)

Tulip f English (Rare)
From the name of the flower. Ultimately from Persian dulband, "turban", from the shape of the opened flower.... [more]

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.

Tulliver m Literature, English
Transferred use of the surname Tulliver.... [more]

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.

Tundra m & f English
Late 16th century from Lappish, tundra.

Tunisia f English (American, Rare)
Taken directly from the name of the African country.

Tunstall m English
Transferred use of the surname Tunstall.

Tuppence f English (British), Literature
Nickname for Prudence or Temperance. A main character in Agatha Christie's "Partners in Crime."

Tupper f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Tupper.

Turanga f English (New Zealand)

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

Turk m English

Turquoise f English (Rare, Archaic)
From the opaque blue-green mineral whose name is derived from French pierre turquois "Turkish stone".... [more]

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."

Twaine m English (British)

Twanette f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Antoinette.

Twenty f English

Twiggy f & m English (Rare)

Twinkle f English (Rare)
From the English word "twinkle", ultimately from Old English twincan, "to blink".

Twyford m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Twyford.

Txu f English (American)
Short from and diminutive of Txunamy

Tya f English, Indonesian
Variant of Tia.

Tyah f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tyan f & m English (Modern, Rare)

T'yana f English
Variant of Tiana.

Tyana f English (Rare)
Variant of Tyanna.

Tyann f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tybee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Allegedly from the name of an island off the Georgia (U.S. state) coast, which is said to mean "salt" in Yuchi.

Tyco m English (Rare)

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

Tyease f English (Modern)
Possibly a variant of Tyesha.

Tyeast f English (American)
Unknown.

Tyeler m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tyler. Tyeler was given to 5 girls and 10 boys in 2005 according to the SSA.

Tyffanie f English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Variant of Tiffany.

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

Tylah f English (Australian)
Variant of Tyla.

Tyle m English (Rare)
Short form of Tyler.

Tylee f & m Popular Culture, English (Modern)
This is the name of a character in the cartoon show 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' whose name is meant to be derived from Chinese 泰 (tài) meaning "big, large" combined with 麗 (lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely".

Tyleigh f English (Modern)