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14 names

Names starting
with T.

3 girls · 9 boys

T is a clipped consonant that gives a clean, modern feel to short names. Our database lists 14 given names that begin with it — 3 for girls and 9 for boys.

At the top of each list, Tammy (#4352 in 2023) leads the girls while Thomas (#41) leads the boys.

The most-used T names on this page draw from Hebrew, Ancient Greek, Aramaic traditions, which is roughly the cultural footprint you'd expect from U.S. naming patterns.

T skews masculine in our data: there are about 3.0× more boy names starting with T than girl names.

Girl names

Starting with T.

Tammy
#4352
Girl ·Hebrew
A short form of Tamara, from Hebrew Tamar meaning 'date palm' — a tree symbolizing grace and fertility in the Hebrew Bible
Thelma
#5536
Girl ·Ancient Greek
Probably coined — or first widely used — by the British novelist Marie Corelli in her 1887 bestseller Thelma
Terri
#6141
Girl ·Ancient Greek
A short form of Theresa or Teresa, likely from Greek therizein ('to harvest') or from a Greek place name
Boy names

Starting with T.

Thomas
#41
Boy ·Aramaic
Twin
Timothy
#211
Boy ·Greek
From Τιμόθεος (Timótheos), "honoring God" (τιμή "honor" + θεός "god")
Travis
#379
Boy ·French
From the Old French traverser meaning 'to cross' — originally a surname for a toll-collector at a crossing or bridge
Theodore
#7
Boy ·Greek
Gift of God
Todd
#1565
Boy ·Old English
From the Middle English surname todde meaning 'fox' — a nickname applied to a cunning or fox-haired person
Troy
#463
Boy ·Ancient Greek
From the ancient city of Troy in Asia Minor — Greek Troia — site of the legendary war recounted by Homer
Tommy
#690
Boy ·Aramaic
A diminutive of Thomas, from Aramaic Te'oma meaning 'twin'
Trevor
#552
Boy ·Welsh
From the Welsh place name Trefor — tref ('settlement') + mawr ('large'); 'large settlement'
Tariq طَارِق
#1313
Boy ·Arabic
"Morning star, the one who comes at night, who knocks at the door
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