Names I Would Actually Use

  • Tallulah: popularly claimed to mean 'leaping waters' in the Choctaw language, though it may actually mean 'town' in the Creek language.
  • Tamsin: a form of Thomasina (Medieval feminine form of Thomas) which is the Greek form of the Aramaic name Ta'oma' which means 'twin'.
  • Theagan: a surname name; an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Tadhgáin meaning 'descendent of Tadhgán'; Tadhgán is a diminutive of Tadhg which means 'poet' in Irish.
  • Troian: a variant of the surname name Troy which originally denoted a person from the city of Troyes in France. Also the name of the ancient city that was besieged by the Greeks in Homer's 'Iliad'.
  • Tuva: is the Swedish and Norwegian variant of Tove which is a Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of Þórfrídr; derived from the Old Norse elements Þórr (Tor) 'thunder' and fríðr 'beautiful'.

Guilty Pleasure

  • Taitlyn: possibly means 'bright, sun'.
  • Tara: Anglicized form of the Irish place name Teamhair, which possibly means 'elevated place' in Gaelic.
  • Taylor: a surname name; originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Latin taliare 'to cut'.
  • Tessa: diminuative form of Theresa; from the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa. The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek Theros 'summer', from Greek Therizo 'to harvest', or from the name of the Greek island of Therasia (the western island of Santorini).
  • True: is of Old English origin; means 'true'.
  • Tuesday: day name; of Old English origin from the roots Tīwes; Tiw and dæg 'day'.
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