A smile; smiling
Names starting with T
Baby names that start with T, with checked meanings.
187 names: 82 for girls, 97 for boys and 8 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, the Tamil Lexicon and Lane's Arabic–English Lexicon. Seven are modern names that the dictionaries we use don't list. A few to start: Tanmayi ("wholly absorbed"), Tazeen ("adornment") and Tridib ("heaven").
94 of 187 names
"Shining, radiant"; Persian tābanda
Radiance, glow; Persian tābish
"Gazelle", from Aramaic, via Greek Tabitha
Tabriz, the Persian city; recalls Shams Tabrizi
"Pure" in popular use; the Quranic letters Ṭā Hā (20:1)
Pure, clean; Arabic ṭāhir
"Pure, clean, free from vices"
Rustam's wife in the Shahnameh; popularly "strong, brave"
"Pure and purifying"; Quranic Arabic ṭahūr
Praise, approval; Arabic taḥsīn, "making beautiful"
Iron; Persian tīmūr, from Turkic
Takṣa, son of Bharata in the Ramayana; also "carpenter"
Carpenter, craftsman; also the Naga king Takṣaka of the Mahabharata
"Fruitful tree" in popular use; Arabic ṭalḥa, "an acacia tree"
Seeker, student; Arabic ṭālib
The dark tamala tree, linked with Krishna; Sanskrit tamāla
"Wish, desire"; Persian tamannā
King of Tamil
Queen of Tamil
Son of Tamil; Tamil as one's wealth
Daughter of Tamil
Strong, complete; Arabic tamīm
"Tamil", the language; also sweetness and refinement
"Son"; Sanskrit tanaya
"Daughter"; Sanskrit tanayā
"Cord, rope"; Sanskrit tanikā
"Graceful slenderness, delicacy"; Bengali tanimā
A modern name, usually given as "ambition" or "jewel"
Modern name; popularly "ambition", with no dictionary source
A modern name, often glossed "goddess of gold"; origin uncertain
"Jewel" in popular use; a modern name linked to niṣka, "gold ornament"
"Absorbed in that", wholly engrossed
"Wholly absorbed", one with what she loves
"Son", literally "born of the body"; Sanskrit tanuja
"Daughter"; Sanskrit tanujā, born of one's own body
"Lord Ganesha" in popular use; a modern name from tanu, "body"
A modern name, glossed "sweet" or "slender"; origin uncertain
"Beautiful"; Sanskrit tanu, "body", + śrī, "beauty"
Illumination, enlightenment; Arabic tanwīr, from nūr, "light"
"A slender, delicate woman"
"King" or "wise" in popular use; a modern name
"Slender, delicate"; a modern form of Sanskrit tanvī
"Daughter" in popular use; a Russian pet form of Tatiana
"Revelation"; from Arabic tanzīl, "sending down"
"The sun", "warming"; Sanskrit tapana
"Penance", "inner heat"; Sanskrit tapas
"Female ascetic"; Sanskrit tāpasī
"Ascetic", one who practises tapas; Sanskrit tapasvin
"Woman devoted to austerity"; Sanskrit tapasvinī
"Penance, austerity"; Sanskrit tapasyā
"Warming"; daughter of the Sun and the Tapti river
"A star"
"Star and moon"; Hindi from Sanskrit tārā + candra
"Saviour, one who carries across"; also "a star"
Shiva as "lord who carries across"; popularly "lord of the stars"
Queen of the truthful King Harishchandra; from Sanskrit tārā, "star"
"Raft" or "heaven"; Sanskrit taraṇa, "crossing over"
"Song, melody"; Persian tarāna
"Lord of the stars", the moon; Sanskrit tārā + nātha
"Lamp of salvation"; taran, deliverance, with deep, lamp
"Wave"; Sanskrit taraṃga
"River"; Sanskrit taraṃgiṇī, full of waves
"Victory of deliverance"; taran, crossing over, with jeet, victory
Taran, "crossing over, deliverance", with jot, "light"
"Melody, song"; Arabic tarannum
Taran, "crossing over, deliverance", with preet, "love"
"Star"; Sanskrit tārikā
"She who carries across", a saviour; a form of Durga
Night visitor; the star of the night, or morning star
"Sparkling"; Sanskrit tarala, and taralā, "a bee"
A Punjabi name of uncertain origin and meaning
"A creeper"; Sanskrit taru, tree, and latā, creeper
"Young"
"Young woman"; Sanskrit taruṇī
"Conqueror"; Vedic Sanskrit taruṣa
"Victory"; Sanskrit taruṣī
"Comfort, calm"; Arabic taskīn, "soothing"
"Greeting, salutation"; also "submission"; Arabic taslīm
A spring of Paradise, named in the Quran
The Buddha, "one who has thus come"; Sanskrit tathāgata
"Truth", "that which is really so"; Sanskrit tathya
"Truth", "essence"; Sanskrit tattva
Success through God's help; Arabic tawfīq
Praise, description; Arabic tawṣīf
"Heaven", "strong, courageous"; Sanskrit taviṣa
"Strength, courage"; Sanskrit taviṣī
"Absorbed in Thee"; tav, your, with leen, absorbed
Good, pure; Arabic ṭayyib
"Good, pure"; feminine of Arabic ṭayyib
"Adornment, decoration"; Arabic tazyīn
"Prosperity guard" (Edward) or "gift of God" (Theodore)
Named after the Teesta river of Sikkim and Bengal
"Brave with the sword"
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