Baby girl names beginning with T – with origins and meanings
Are you searching for baby name ideas for a girl that start with the 20th letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some terrific suggestions, along with their origin and meaning
Fill in the T section of your baby name list with our suggestions for good girls names beginning with T. Find out origins and meanings and work out if your newborn could be a Tabitha, Tansi, or Tyrell
1. Tabitha
- Origin: Aramaic
- Meaning: gazelle
- Also: Tabatha
2. Tacita
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: silent, still, not speaking
3. Taffy
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: female form of David
4. Takara
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- Origin: Japanese
- Meaning: precious object, treasure
5. Talaitha
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: inventive
6. Talia
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: lamb
- Also: Natalie
7. Talitha
- Origin: Aramaic
- Meaning: a girl
8. Tallulah
- Origin: Native American
- Meaning: leaping water; a place name in Georgia, US, used as a first name
9. Tamala
- Origin: Mixed African
- Meaning: dark tree
10. Tamara
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: palm tree
- Also: Tamar (Russian form), Tammy
11. Tamsin
- Origin: English
- Meaning: twin
- Also: Tamasin
12. Tandice
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: team
13. Tanisha
- Origin: Hausa
- Meaning: a girl born on Monday
14. Tara
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: an anglicisation of the Teamhair or Cnoc na Teamhrach, the hill of Tara, important in Irish legend
15. Tansy
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: eternal life; an unusual herb
16. Tasnim
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: fountain of heaven
17. Tatiana
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: fairy queen; the name of a martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church
- Also: Tanya, Tania
18. Tatum
- Origin: Old English origin
- Meaning: cheerful bringer of joy
19. Tayla
- Origin: Mixed African
- Meaning: she has been seen
20. Taylor
- Origin: Old French
- Meaning: cutter of cloth; a surname used as a first name
21. Tegan
- Origin: Cornish
- Meaning: decoration
- Also: Tiegan
22. Tejal
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: shining
23. Teresa
- Origin: Spanish/Italian/Portuguese
- Meaning: Uncertain
- Also: Theresa, Therese (French forms), Tess, Tessa, Tessie
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24. Thecla
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: glory of God
- Also: Thekla
25. Thelma
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: will, volition
26. Theodora
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: God’s gift this is the feminine form of Theodore
- Also: Theodosia, Thea, Dora, Dor
27. Theophania
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: the expression of God
- Also: Tiffany
28. Theophila
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: beloved of God; the feminine form of Theophilus
29. Thirza
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: recognition
30. Thomasina
- Origin: English
- Meaning: twin, the feminine form of Thomas
- Also: Thomasina, Tamsine, Tamzin, Tamzen, Tammy
31. Thora
- Origin: Old Norse
- Meaning: from Norse mythology where Thor was the God of thunder
32. Tia
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: aunt
33. Tibbie
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: pledged from god
- Also: Isabel and Isabella
34. Tiffany
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: appearance of god
- Also: Theophania
35. Tilda
- Origin: English
- Meaning: battle strength
- Also: Matilda, Tilly
36. Timberly
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: tall ruler
37. Timothea
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: honour to God; the feminine form of Timothy
38. Tina
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: goddess of love
- Also: Christina
39. Tiree
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning: land of corn; the name of a Scottish island
40. Tonya
- Origin: Russian
- Meaning: praiseworthy
- Also: Antonia
41. Topaz
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: a golden gem
42. Tori
- Origin: English
- Meaning: winner
- Also: Charlotte, Tory
43. Tracy
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: war-like
- Also: Teresa
44. Tricia
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: noble patrician
- Also: Patricia, Trisha
45. Trinity
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: triad; it refers to the Holy Trinity in Christian faith
46. Triss
- Origin:Latin
- Meaning: happy and blessed
- Also: Beatrice
47. Trix
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: bringer of joy
- Also: Beatrice
48. Trudy
- Origin: English
- Meaning: spear
- Also: Gertrude
49. Tula
- Origin: Native American
- Meaning: leaping water
50. Tulasi
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: holy basil (the herb)
51. Turvi
- Origin: Indian
- Meaning: superior
52. Twila
- Origin: Middle English
- Meaning: twile, a method of weaving
53. Tybal
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: holy place or sacrificial spot
54. Tyler
- Origin: Old Englsih
- Meaning: owner of a tavern
55. Tyrell
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: thunder; also used as a boy’s name
56. Tyronica
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: goddess of battle
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
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