Baby boy names beginning with T – with origins and meanings

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: one who endures

2. Tabbai

• Origin: Aramaic
• Meaning: good

3. Tadhgh

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: poet
• Also: Thaddeus, Teague.

4. Taffy

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: beloved; Welsh form of David.
• Also: Welsh form of David

5. Taggart

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: son of a priest

6. Tahir

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: virtuous

7. Taj

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: crown

8. Takeo

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: valiant warrior

9. Talbot

• Origin: Anglo-Norman
• Meaning: messenger of destruction

10. Talon

• Origin: English
• Meaning: the large claw of a bird of prey

11. Tam

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: innocent, honest
• Also: Thomas

12. Tamarius

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: stubborn

13. Tate

• Origin: Norse
• Meaning: cheerful
• Also: Tait

14. Tavarius

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: fun-loving

15. Tavon

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: nature

16. Taylor

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: tailor or maker of clothes

17. Ted

• Origin: Greek/Old English
• Meaning: God's gift, wealthy guard
• Also: Edward, Edmund, Teddie, Teddy, Theodore

18. Terence

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: smooth; derived from a Roman surname
• Also: Terance, Terrance, Terrence, Terry, Tel, Turlough (Irish form)

19. Terris

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: tender, gracious

20. Tevaughn

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: tiger

21. Tevin

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: son of Kevin

22. Thane

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: clan chieftain
• Also: Thaine

23. Theobald

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: bold people
• Also: Theo, Tybalt, Tibold (German form)

24. Theodore

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: gift from God
• Also: Theo, Ted, Teddie, Teddy, Tudor (Welsh form)

25. Theodoric

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: ruler of the people
• Also: Terry, Thierry (French form)

26. Theophilus

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: beloved of God

27. Thomas

• Origin: Aramaic
• Meaning: twin
• Also: Tom, Tommy, Tam (Scotish form)

28. Thorburn

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: thunder bear

29. Thorndike

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: the dyke of thorns
• Also: Thorndyke

30. Thorne

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: thornbush

31. Thorpe

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: hamlet or small settlement
• Also: Thorp

32. Thurstan

• Origin: Danish
• Meaning: stone of Thor

33. Tierney

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: lord or master
• Also: Tiernan

34. Timothy

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: honour to God
• Also: Tim, Timmy

35. Titus

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: title of honour
• Also: Tiziano (Italian form)

36. Tobias

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God is good
• Also: Toby

37. Todd

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: fox

38. Todhunter

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: fox hunter

39. Tony

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: priceless one
• Also: Anthony

40. Torquil

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: Thor’s cauldron

41. Torr

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: tower

42. Townsend

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: end of the hamlet

43. Tracy

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: war-like, fighter; also used as a girl’s name

44. Traherne

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: strength or iron

45. Travers

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: to cross over
• Also: Travis

46. Tremayne

• Origin: Celtic
• Meaning: town built with stone
• Also: Tremaine

47. Trent

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: torrent, force; the name of a river in the UK

48. Trevelyan

• Origin: Cornish/Welsh
• Meaning: stone homestead

49. Trevor

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: ambitious
• Also: Trev, Trefor (Welsh form)

50. Tristram

• Origin: French possibly
• Meaning: uncertain but may come from the French triste meaning sad
• Also: Tristam, Tristan

51. Trory

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: the red one

52. Troy

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Derived from the ancient city besieged by the Greeks

53. Tru

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: Loyalty

54. Truelove

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: faithful

55. Truman

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: Loyal one
• Also: Trueman

56. Tudor

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: God's gift
• Also: Theodore

57. Tully

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: mighty one; also used as a girl’s name

58. Tulsi

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: sacred basil

59. Tupil

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: moon

60. Turlough

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: dry lake
• Also: Terence

61. Turner

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: wood-worker

62. Twain

• Origin: English
• Meaning: divided in two

63. Twyford

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: double ford

64. Tyler

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: maker of tiles
• Also: Ty

65. Tyrell

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: unknown
• Also: Ty

66. Tyrone

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: a town in Ireland
• Also: Ty

67. Tyson

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: fire bird

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