The name collection

Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

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1,825–1,872 of 2,098 names

Vietnamese

Thảo

Grass; herbs

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Sotho · Tswana

Thato

Will; desire

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Zulu · Xhosa

Themba

Trust; hope

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Tamil

Thendral

Gentle southern breeze

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Greek

Theodosia

Feminine form of Theodosius: giving to God

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French · Germanic

Thibault

Bold people

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Vietnamese

Thinh

Prosperous; flourishing

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Old Norse

Thor

Thunder

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Old Norse

Thora

Modern form of Þóra

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English

Thorne

English surname name associated with a thorn bush

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Vietnamese

Thu

Autumn

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Zulu

Thulani

Be quiet; be peaceful

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Chinese

Tianyou

Heaven’s blessing or protection, when written 天佑

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Tahitian

Tiare

Flower; Tahitian gardenia

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Vietnamese

Tiên

Immortal; fairy

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Irish

Tierney

Lordly, through Tighearnach

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Croatian · Serbian · Bulgarian

Tihomir

Quiet + peace or world

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Quechua

Tika

Flower, from Quechua t’ika

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German

Till

People, through a Germanic short form

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French · Greek

Timéo

Honor

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Shona

Tinashe

We are with God

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Chinese

Ting

Graceful with the cited Chinese characters

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Norwegian

Tiril

Uncertain meaning; possible literary origin

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Welsh

Tirion

Gentle; friendly

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Balinese · Indonesian

Tirta

Sacred water

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Sanskrit · Gujarati

Tirth

Sacred ford; place of pilgrimage

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Māori

Toa

Warrior

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Yoruba · German

Tobi

Great in Yoruba short forms; also a form of Tobias

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Turkish · Turkic

Tolga

Helmet

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Turkish · Turkic

Tolunay

Full moon

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Romanian · Japanese

Toma

Romanian form of Thomas; Japanese meaning depends on spelling

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Portuguese

Tomé

Portuguese and Galician form of Thomas: twin

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Italian

Tommaso

Italian form of Thomas: twin

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Japanese

Tomomi

Wisdom or friendship with beauty; depends on kanji

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Turkish

Toprak

Earth; soil

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Swedish · Old Norse

Torsten

Thor’s stone

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Japanese

Toshiro

Talented son in one Japanese spelling

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