Dog Names That Start With T

313 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all name start with categories.

Tacco

Italian for heel, from taccone; also a military abbreviation for tactical coordinator

Taco

A Mexican dish of a folded tortilla with a filling

Tacoma

From the Salish name for Mount Rainier — 'a snow-covered mountain'.

Tadashi

Meaning 'loyal' or 'faithful' in Japanese

Tadd

Recorded as a given name in English (masculine)

Taddeo

Italian form of Thaddeus

Taeko

Japanese female given name; written forms include 妙子 "mysterious child" and 多恵子 "many blessings, child"

Taffy

Anglicized form of Dafydd, also used as slang for a Welshman

Tahnee

A variant of Tawny

Tahoe

An English name for Lake Tahoe, from its Washo name Dáʔaw

Tai

From Chinese 太 (tài) meaning "very, extreme"

Taiga

From Japanese 大 (tai) "big, great" and 雅 (ga) "elegant, refined"

Taika

A Finnish word meaning "magic, spell"

Taiko

Japanese for drum; from 太 (great) + 鼓 (drum)

Tails

The plural of tail, the rear appendage of an animal's body

Taiyo

Romanization of Japanese words including 太陽 (sun) and 大洋 (ocean)

Taka

Recorded as a given name in Japanese, for either gender

Takaani

Takhi

The name of a wild horse native to Mongolia

Taki

Old Danish form of Tage

Takoda

Recorded as a masculine given name in modern American usage

Takoma

Tala

A given name with several unrelated meanings, including gold in Persian and bright star in Tagalog

Talia

Means "dew from God" in Hebrew, from ṭal (dew) and yah (the Hebrew God)

Taliesin

From Welsh tal "brow, head" and iesin "shining, radiant"; "shining brow"

Talita

Portuguese form of talitha

Tallula

Recorded as a feminine given name in English

Tallulah

Name of waterfalls in Georgia; popularly claimed to mean "leaping waters" in Choctaw, possibly "town" in Creek

Talos

A giant automaton in Greek mythology, made of bronze.

Talulla

Anglicized form of the old irish name taileflaith, from tuile "abundance" and flaith "ruler, sovereign, princess".

Talullah

Name of Native American origin meaning 'leaping waters'.

Talyn

Recorded as a given name in American English, used for both girls and boys

Tambo

Tamera

Variant of Tamara, a name used in many languages including Hebrew and Italian

Tammy

Short form of Tamara and other names beginning with Tam

Tamryn

A variant of the name Tamar, meaning date palm or palm tree.

Tandy

An English surname, also recorded as a given name in American English and South African

Tango

The Spanish word for the tango, a partner and social dance

Tania

Variant of Tanya, a Russian diminutive of Tatiana

Tanis

Greek form of Tanith; also the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian site ḏꜥn.t.

Tanjiro

Tank

A large container for storing liquid or gas

Tanner

From an English surname meaning "one who tans hides"

Tanu

Means "slender" in Sanskrit

Tanuko

Tanya

Russian diminutive of tatiana

Taquito

A small taco; Spanish for "little taco"

Taraji

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Tarak

A name of Sanskrit origin meaning 'star'

Tardis

Acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space"

Tarl

No documented meaning; recorded as an English masculine given name

Tarlo

A Polish surname, also spelled Tarło

Taro

A name of Japanese origin meaning 'eldest son'

Tarver

Derived from Old French, meaning 'to keep safe' or 'to guard'

Tarzan

Name of a fictional character raised by apes in the jungle

Tasani

Tash

Recorded as a given name in English and in literature

Tasha

Short form of Natasha, a Slavic name meaning 'Christmas Day'

Tasso

A name possibly derived from the Italian word for 'badger'.

Tatanka

From Lakota tȟatȟŋka, meaning "male bison"

Tate

From an English surname derived from the Old English given name Tata

Tater

Tatiana

Feminine form of the Roman family name Tatius, via Tatianus

Tatira

Tatonka

Tau

A letter in the Greek alphabet

Tauro

Tavish

Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic Tàmhas, from Thomas

Tawna

Tawny

English word for a light brown colour, from Old French tan

Tay

A given name, and a short form of Taylor or an alternative form of Zheng

Taya

A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Та́я (Tája).

Taylor

From an English surname for a tailor, from Norman French tailleur, from Latin talio, "to cut"

Taytum

Variant of Tatum

Taz

A character known for his wild and chaotic nature

Tazz

A ring name of the American professional wrestler Peter Senerchia, also spelled Tazz

Tazzee

Tazzy

No documented meaning; recorded as an English given name

Teaberry

Teady

Teagan

Irish unisex given name meaning 'attractive', 'beautiful' or 'perfect'

Tebow

English surname from French, equivalent to English Theobald.

Ted

Short form of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus or Edmund

Teddy

Diminutive of Edward or Theodore

Teddybear

A stuffed toy in the form of a bear, also called a teddy

Teedo

An archaic Estonian masculine given name

Teegan

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare English given name

Teja

A Sanskrit word meaning 'radiance' or 'light'

Telma

Either a Portuguese form of Thelma or a feminine form of Telmo

Tempest

From the english word meaning "storm"

Tempesta

Tenley

Place name, possibly derived from 'Tynn' meaning small or tiny

Tenzin

Tibetan given name meaning "upholder of teachings"

Teo

Short form of Teodoro and other names beginning with Teo; in Georgian, a short form of Teona

Tera

Variant of Tara 1

Teresa

Form of Theresa, a feminine given name first recorded as Therasia

Terra

Latin for "land, earth"; also a variant of Tara 1

Terry

Derived from the Latin name Terentius, meaning 'tender' or 'gracious'.

Tesha

Derived from the name Tessa, which means 'to gather' or 'harvest'

Tesoro