Boys' Names: A


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Taavetti (also Taavi, Tab)	Finnish (from David)	Beloved
Tabaliah	Hebrew	Unknown
Taban	Unknown	Sunshine
Tabari	African	Unknown
Tabeel	Hebrew	Unknown
Taber	Unknown	Drummer
Tacitus (also Tacito)	Latin	Silence
Tad		see Thaddeus
Taddeo	Italian	see Thaddeus
Tadej	Slovene	see Thaddeus
Tadelesh	Unknown	Lucky
Tadeo	Spanish	see Thaddeus
Tadeu	Portuguese	see Thaddeus
Tadeusz	Polish	see Thaddeus
Tadgh (ti-gue) (also Tadg, Tadghan, Tadleigh, Taidhgin, Taig, Teague, Teige, Teigue)	Gaelic	Poet
Tadi	Native American	Wind
Tadleigh (tad-lee)	Gaelic	see Tadgh
Taegan		see Teagan
Taffy	Welsh (from David)	Beloved
Taft	English	A rvier
Tage	Dutch	Day
Taggart	Gaelic	Son of a priest
Tahan	Hebrew	Unknown
Tahash	Hebrew	Unknown
Tahath	Hebrew	Unknown
Tahir	Arabic	Innocent
Tahlib	Unknown	Unknown
Tahrea	Hebrew	Unknown
Tahvo (also Teppo)	Finnish (from Stephen)	Crown
Ta'ib	Unknown	Good
Tai	Chinese	Very big
Taidhgin (tie-geen)	Gaelic	see Tadgh
Taig		see Tadgh
Tait (also Taite)	Scandinavian	Cheerful
Tajo	Spanish	Day
Takehiko	Japanese	Healthy wise child
Takeo	Japanese	Strong as bamboo
Takeshi	Japanese	Bamboo tree
Takumi	Japanese	Artisan
Tal	Hebrew	Rain
Talbert	French	Boot maker
Talbot	Germanic	Valley offer
Talfryn	Welsh	High hill
Talib	Arabic	Seeker
Taliesin	Welsh	Shining brow
Tallis	Unknown	Forest
Talmai	Unknown	Unknown
Talman (also Talmon)	Hebrew (from Stephen)	To injure
Talos	Greek	Giant protector of Minos Island
Tam	Scottish	see Thomas
Taman	Slavic	Dark
Tamas	Hungarian	see Thomas
Tameron	Unknown (from Cameron)	Crooked nose
Tamid	Arabic (from Muhammad)	Praiseworthy
Tamson	Scandinavian	Son of Thomas
Tan	Vietnamese	New
Tancred (also Tancredo)	Germanic	Thought and counsel
Tanek	Polish	Immortal
Tanelis	Finnish (from Daniel)	God is my judge
Tank	English	Armoured vehicle
Tanner (also Tannar, Tannor)	Old English	Leather worker
Tanton	English	Town by the still river
Taorimmon	Hebrew	Unknown
Tapani	Finnish (from Stephen)	Crown
Tappuah	Hebrew	Unknown
Taran	Unknown	Rocky hill
Taras	Russian/Ukrainian	Of Tarentum
Tarea	Hebrew	Unknown
Tariq (also Tarek, Tyreek, Tyrick, Tyrik, Tyriq)	Arabic	He who pounds the door
Tarla/Tarlach	Gaelic	see Toirdhealbhach
Tarmo	Finnish	Energy
Taro	Japanese	First born son
Taron	American	Combination of Tad and Ron
Tarquin	Latin	Unknown
Tarshish	Hebrew	Unknown
Taru	Unknown	Myth
Tas	Gypsy	Bird's nest
Tasgall (also Taskill)	Scottish	Cauldron of the gods
Tassach (tos-ach)	Gaelic	Idle
Tassos	Unknown	Harvester
Tate	Old English	Cheerful
Tattenai	Hebrew	Unknown
Tatton	Old English	Tate's town
Tau	African	Lion
Taurean	Unknown	Strong
Tave	Unknown (from Gustavus)	Staff of the Goths
Taveon	Latin (from Octavius)	Eighth
Tavi	Unknown	Good
Tavish	Scottish	see Thomas
Tawfiq	Arabic	Good fortune
Taylor (also Tayler)	Middle English	Cutter of cloth
Teaboid (ta-boyd)	Gaelic	see Theobald
Teachtmar (chacht-var)	Gaelic	Possessing wealth
Teagan (also Taegan, Tegan)	Gaelic	Little poet
Teague		see Tadhg
Tearlach (also Tearach)	Gaelic	Instigator
Teban	Hebrew	Unknown
Ted/Teddy		see Theodore
Teemu	Finnish (from Nicodemus)	Victory of the people
Tefu	Unknown	Payment
Tegan		see Teagan
Tehinnah	Hebrew	Unknown
Teige/Teigue	Gaelic	see Tadgh
Teimhnin (t'ein-een)	Gaelic	Dark
Teivel	Yiddish	Devil
Tekoa	Hebrew	Unknown
Tel		see Terence
Telah	Hebrew	Unknown
Teller	English	Storyteller
Telly		see Theodore
Tem	English	Country
Tema	Hebrew	Unknown
Teman (also Temani)	Hebrew	Right hand
Temeni	Hebrew	Unknown
Templa (also Temple)	English	Of the Knights Templar
Templeton	English	Town of sanctuary
Tenen	Unknown	Born on Monday
Tennyson	English	Son of Denis
Teo	Vietnamese	see Thomas
Teodor	Scandinavian	see Theodore
Teodoro	Italian	see Theodore
Teodors	Latvian	see Theodore
Teodosio	Italian	see Theodosius
Teofio	Polish	see Theophilus
Teofilo	Italian	see Theophilus
Teppo		see Tahvo
Terah (also Terach)	Hebrew	Wild goat
Tercero	Spanish	Third
Terence (also Tel, Terance, Terenzio, Terrance, Terrence, Terris, Terry, Torn, Torrance, Torrence)	Latin	Unknown
Teresh	Hebrew	Unknown
Teris	Greek (from Eleftherios)	Freedom
Terman	Unknown	Church land
Tero	Finnish	see Theodore
Terran	Unknown	Earth
Terrance		see Terence
Terrel/Terrell		see Tyrrell
Terrence/Terris		see Terence
Terry		see Terence or Theodore
Tertius	Latin	Third
Tertullian	Unknown	A Catholic saint
Teuvo	Finnish	see Theodore
Teva	Hebrew	Nature
Tevin	Unknown	Combination of Te and Kevin
Tevye	Yiddish	see Tobiah
Tex	English	From the state of Texas
Texil	Unknown	Unknown
Thabo	African	Joy
Thackery	Unknown	Unknown
Thaddeus (also Tad, Taddeo, Tadej, Tadeo, Tadeu, Tadeusz, Thad, Thadeus, Thady)	Aramaic	Heart
Thai	Vietnamese	Many
Thais	Greek	Unknown
Thales	Greek	To blossom
Thaman	Hindu	Name of a god
Than	Vietnamese	Brilliant
Thanatos (also Than)	Greek	Death
Thane	Old English	Noble title
Thang	Vietnamese	Victorious
Thanh	Unknown	Finish
Thanos	Greek	Bear man
Thatcher	English	Roof fixer
Thayer	Teutonic	Of the nation's army
Theirn	French	see Theodore
Thel	Unknown	Upper storey
Thelonius	Germanic	see Till
Themba	Unknown	Trusted
Themistocles	Ancient Greek	Glory of the law
Theo		see Theodore or Theobald
Theobald (also Teaboid, Theo, Theobold, Thibault, Tibby, Tioboid, Tybalt)	Germanic	Bold people
Theocritus	Ancient Greek	Judge of God
Theodore (also Ted, Teddy, Telly, Teodor, Teodoro, Teodors, Tero, Terry, Teuvo, Theirn, Theo, Theodor, Tivadar, Todor, Twdor)	Greek	Gift of God
Theodoric (also Thierry)	Germanic	Ruler of the people
Theodosius (also Teodosio)	Ancient Greek	Giving to God
Theodotus	Ancient Greek	Given to God
Theophilus (also Teofil, Teofilo, Theophile)	Ancient Greek	Friend of God
Theophylaktos	Ancient Greek	Guarded by God
Therapon	Ancient Greek	Servant
Theron	Ancient Greek	Hunter
Theseus	Greek	To set
Thibault	French	see Theobald
Thierry	French	see Theodoric
Thomas (also Tam, Tamas, Tavish, Teo, Thom, Tip, Tom, Tomaisin, Tomas, Tomasz, Tomaz, Tomi, Tommaso, Tommie, Tommy, Tomos, Tuomas, Tuomo)	Aramaic	Twin
Thor (also Thorin, Thunor, Tor, Tore, Ture, Tyrus)	Old Norse	Thunder
Thorbert	Old Norse	Thor's brightness
Thorbjorn (also Thorburn, Torben, Torbjorn)	Old Norse	Thor's bear
Thorborg	Old Norse	Thor's fortification
Thorburn		see Thorbjorn
Thorin		see Thor
Thorir	Old Norse	Thor's warrior
Thorley	Old English	Thorn clearing
Thornton	Old English	Thorn town
Thorpe	Teutonic	Residence name
Thorstein (also Thurstan, Thursten, Thurston, Torsten)	Swedish/Danish	Thor's stone
Thorvald (also Torvald)	Scandinavian	Thor's ruler
Thoth	Egyptian	He who balances
Thracius	Latin	Of Thracia
Thrine	Unknown	The pure one
Thron	Unknown	Seat of royalty
Thuc	Vietnamese	Aware
Thunor	Anglo Saxon	see Thor
Thurman	Old Norse	Servant of Thor
Thurstan/Thursten/Thurston	Old English	see Thorstein
Thutmose	Egyptian	Son of Thoth
Thuy	Vietnamese	Gentle
Tiarnach/Tiarnan	Gaelic	see Tigern
Tibalt	Greek	People's prince
Tibby		see Theobald
Tiberius (also Tibor, Tiborc)	Latin	Of the Tiber
Tibni	Hebrew	Unknown
Tidal	Hebrew	Unknown
Tidus	Unknown	Unknown
Tiernan (tear-nan) /Tierney	Gaelic	see Tigern
Tiger	English	Tiger
Tigern (also Tiarnach, Tiarnan, Tiernan, Tierney, Tigernan, Tighearnan)	Gaelic	Lord
Tiglath-Pileser (also Tiglath-Pilneser)	Unknown	Unknown name
Tikhon	Russian	see Tycho
Tilden (also Tilly)	Old English	Residence name
Till (also Thelonius, Tillo)	Germanic (from Dietrich)	Ruler of the people
Tilly		see Tilden
Tilon	Hebrew	Unknown
Tilton	English	Prosperous town
Tim		see Timothy
Timaeus (also Timeus)	Greek	Honour
Timin	Arabic	Born near the sea
Timmy		see Timothy
Timna	Hebrew	Unknown
Timo/Timofei		see Timothy
Timon	Greek	To honour
Timothy (also Tim, Timmy, Timo, Timofei, Timotei, Timoteo, Timoteus, Timothee, Tymoteusz)	Greek	Honouring God
Tin	Vietnamese	Thinker
Tino	Unknown	Small
Tioboid (ti-boyd)	Gaelic	see Theobald
Tip		see Thomas
Tiras	Hebrew	Unknown
Tirhanah	Hebrew	Unknown
Tiria	Hebrew	Unknown
Titus (also Titan, Tito, Tiziano)	Latin	Unknown
Tivadar	Hungarian	see Theodore
Tivoli	Unknown	Town in Italy
Tiw		see Tyr
Tiziano		see Titus
Toah	Hebrew	Unknown
Toal	Gaelic	see Tuathal
Toan	Unknown	Safe, secure
Tobar	Gypsy	Road
Tobiah (also Tevye, Toben, Tobey, Tobias, Tobin, Tobit, Toby, Topi, Tuvya)	Hebrew	God is good
Todd (also Tod)	Middle English	Fox
Todor	Bulgarian	see Theodore
Toft	English	Small farm
Togarmah	Hebrew	Unknown
Tohu	Hebrew	Unknown
Toi	Unknown	Unknown
Toirhealbhach (also Tarla, Tarlach, Turlough)	Gaelic	Instigator
Toivo	Finnish	Hope
Toki	Unknown	Time of opportunity
Tola (tow-la)	Gaelic Hebrew	Abundance Unknown
Tolly	English (from Bartholomew)	Son of Tolmai
Tom	English	see Thomas
Tomaisin (toma-seen)	Gaelic	see Thomas
Tomaltach (tum-al-tach) (also Tomaltagh, Tumelty)	Gaelic	Unknown
Tomas (to-maws)	Gaelic	see Thomas
Tomasz	Polish	see Thomas
Tomaz	Slovene	see Thomas
Tomer	Hebrew	Tall
Tomi	Hungarian	see Thomas
Tomislav	Croatian	Unknown
Tomlin	English	Little Tom
Tommaso	Italian	see Thomas
Tommie/Tommy	English	see Thomas
Tomo	Unknown	Intelligent
Tomos	Welsh	see Thomas
Tong	Vietnamese	Fragrant
Tony (also Toni, Tonio)	Greek (from Anthony)	Flourishing
Topi	Finnish	see Tobiah
Topo	Unknown	Gopher
Topper	Unknown	Hill
Tor	Scandinavian	see Thor
Torben	Danish	see Thorbjorn
Torbjorn	Swedish	see Thorbjorn
Torcall		see Torkel
Torcan (turk-awn)	Gaelic	A wild boar
Tore	Scandinavian	see Thor
Toril	Sanskrit	Temper
Torin	Gaelic	Chief
Torkel (also Torcall)	Old Norse	Thor's cauldron
Tormod	Old Norse	Thor's mind
Torn		see Terence
Torna	Gaelic	Puffed up
Torrance/Torrenceo		see Terence
Torrey	Celtic	Residence name
Torrin	Unknown	Bird
Torsten	Swedish/Danish	see Thorstein
Torvald	Old Norse	see Thorvald
Tovi	Hebrew	Good
Townley	English	Town meadow
Townsend	Old English	End of the town
Tracy (also Trace)	Norman French	Domain belonging to Thracius
Trafford	Old English	Ford in a valley
Trahaearn (also Trahern, Traherne)	Welsh	Strong as iron
Trai	Vietnamese	Oyster
Tranter	Old English	Wagoner
Trapper	English	Trapper
Traugott	Germanic	God's truth
Traven		see Trevon
Travis (also Travers)	Old French	To cross
Trayton	English	Town full of trees
Treasach (tras-ach)	Gaelic	Warlike
Trefor		see Trevor
Tremaine	English	Farm with a stone monolith
Trent	English	One who lives by the Trent River
Trenton	English	Trent's town
Trevelyan	Cornish	Village of Elian
Trevon (also Traven)	Unknown	Combination of Trey and Von
Trevor (also Trefor, Trev)	Welsh	Big village
Trey	English	Three
Trigg	Scandinavian	Trusty
Trilby	Unknown	A soft hat
Trini	Unknown	The Trinity
Tristan (also Tristand, Tristen, Tristin, Triston, Tristram, Trystan)	Welsh	Tumult
Trory	Unknown	Unknown
Troy	English	From the city of Troyes
Truitt	English	Little and honest
Truman (also Trueman)	Old English	Trustworthy man
Tryggve	Old Norse	Trustworthy
Trystan		see Tristan
Tu	Chinese	Earth
Tuathal (tua-hal) (also Toal)	Gaelic	Ruler of the people
Tubal	Hebrew	Unknown
Tubul-Cain	Hebrew	Unknown
Tucker	Old English	One who fulls cloth
Tudor (also Tudur)	Celtic	Ruler of the people
Tullius (also Tullio, Tully)	Latin	Unknown
Tumelty	Gaelic	see Tomaltach
Tumo	Unknown	Fame
Tuomas/Tuomo	Finnish	see Thomas
Tuor	Sindarin	Vigorous
Ture	Scandinavian	see Thor
Turin	Sindarin	Victorious mood
Turlough		see Toirdhealbhach
Tutankhamon	Egyptian	Image of the life of Amon
Tuvya	Hebrew	see Tobiah
Twdor	Hungarian	see Theodore
Ty		see Tyrone
Tybal	Unknown	Holy place
Tybalt	English	see Theobald
Tycho (also Tikhon, Tyge, Tyko)	Greek	Hitting the mark
Tye	Middle English	Pasture
Tyge/Tyko		see Tycho
Tyler (also Tylar, Tylor)	Old English	Roof tiler
Tymoteusz	Polish	see Timothy
Tynley	Unknown	Unknown
Tyr (also Tiw)	Old Norse	A god
Tyree	Unknown	Island off the coast of Scotland
Tyreek		see Tariq
Tyrell		see Tyrrell
Tyrese	English	Combination of Ty and Reese
Tyrick/Tyrik/Tyriq	Modern English	see Tariq
Tyrone (also Ty, Tyron)	Gaelic	Land of Eoghan
Tyrrell (also Terrel, Terrell, Tyrell)	Old French	To pull
Tyrus	English	see Thor
Tyson	English	Son of Dye