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| | An alphabetical list of '''neutral names starting with T''', continued from the [[names]] page, which see for more information. hese are neutral-gender names, otherwise known as unisex names. They are equally appropriate for girls, boys, and people of any gender. [[Nonbinary]] people don't have to have neutral names, and many [[notable nonbinary people]] have names that are usually either masculine or feminine. Neutral names can help make it safer for people to explore their gender expressions. In English-speaking countries, some of the most familiar gender-neutral names starting with T include Terry, Tracy, Tyler. However, there are many more unisex names from around the world that start with T, more than 40 of them, as listed below. Previous page: [[neutral names starting with S]]. Next page: [[neutral names starting with U]]. | ||
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An alphabetical list of '''neutral names starting with T''', continued from the [[names]] page, which see for more information. hese are neutral-gender names, otherwise known as unisex names. They are equally appropriate for girls, boys, and people of any gender. [[Nonbinary]] people don't have to have neutral names, and many [[notable nonbinary people]] have names that are usually either masculine or feminine. Neutral names can help make it safer for people to explore their gender expressions. In English-speaking countries, some of the most familiar gender-neutral names starting with T include Terry | |||
== The list == | == The list == | ||
'''Tabassum''' (تبسّم). Arabic. Meaning "Smiling."<ref name="20knames5">http://www.20000-names.com/androgynous_names_unisex_names_05.htm</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/tabassum</ref> US Social Security Administration (SSA) data shows about 334 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 100% of the time,<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TABASSUM/index.html</ref> whereas in Africa, it's more often a masculine name.<ref>https://themeaningofthename.com/category/names/people/first-name/?s=Tabassum</ref> Globally, it is considered a unisex name. Keywords: affection, appearance, emotion, happiness, joy, three syllables | |||
'''Tabassum''' (تبسّم). Arabic. Meaning "Smiling."<ref name="20knames5">http://www.20000-names.com/androgynous_names_unisex_names_05.htm</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/tabassum</ref> | |||
''' | '''Taegan'''. English. Variant of the modern unisex name '''Teagan''',<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/taegan</ref> from the Irish surname, meaning "Descendant of Tadhgán;" Tadhgán is a pet form of Tadhg,<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/teagan</ref> which is a masculine given name meaning "poet" in Irish.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/tadhg</ref> US SSA data shows about 37 people have had the given name Taegan, used as a feminine name 74% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TAEGAN/index.html</ref> Other variants: '''Taegen''', '''Teagen''', '''Teegan'''.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/Teagan</ref> Keywords: arts, modern, two syllables | ||
''' | '''Tai'''. US SSA data shows about 12,175 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 58% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TAI/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tal'''. US SSA data shows about 2,038 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 68% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TAL/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tallis'''. US SSA data shows about 60 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 63% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TALLIS/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Talyn'''. US SSA data shows about 65 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 52% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TALYN/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tam'''. US SSA data shows about 15,123 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 51% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TAM/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tandy'''. US SSA data shows about 1,834people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 64% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TANDY/index.html</ref> Keywords: computers, technology, two syllables. | ||
''' | '''Tarin'''. US SSA data shows about 580 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 77% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TARIN/index.html</ref> | ||
'''Tay'''. US SSA data shows about 1,556 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 71% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TAY/index.html</ref> | |||
[[File:Taylor Mac Live (41932658661).jpg|thumb|Taylor Mac performing at the Montclair Film Festival 2018.]] | [[File:Taylor Mac Live (41932658661).jpg|thumb|Taylor Mac performing at the Montclair Film Festival 2018.]] | ||
'''Taylor'''. From an English surname that originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French ''tailleur'', ultimately from Latin ''taliare'' "to cut".<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/taylor</ref> | '''Taylor'''. From an English surname that originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French ''tailleur'', ultimately from Latin ''taliare'' "to cut".<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/taylor</ref> US SSA data shows about 46,656 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 75% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TAYLOR/index.html</ref> Notable [[nonbinary characters in fiction]] with this name include Taylor Mason in season 2 of Billions (played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]]). Nonbinary and genderqueer people with this name include the playwright and performer [[Taylor Mac]]. | ||
''' | '''Tayte'''. US SSA data shows about 9 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 78% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TAYTE/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Teagan'''. US SSA data shows about 195 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 79% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TE/TEAGAN/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Teal'''. US SSA data shows about 1,244 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 89% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TE/TEAL/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Temitope'''. US SSA data shows about 283 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 69% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TE/TEMITOPE/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Temple'''. US SSA data shows about 2,424 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 67% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TE/TEMPLE/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tennessee'''. US SSA data shows about 176 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 73% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TE/TENNESSEE/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Terran'''. US SSA data shows about 488 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 69% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TE/TERRAN/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Terrian'''. US SSA data shows about 195 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 66% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TE/TERRIAN/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Terry'''. US SSA data shows about 551,075 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 80% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TE/TERRY/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Texas'''. US SSA data shows about 255 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 73% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TE/TEXAS/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Thai'''. US SSA data shows about 6,756 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 86% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TH/THAI/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Thanh'''. US SSA data shows about 31,830 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 61% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TH/THANH/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Theo'''. US SSA data shows about 9,872 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 75% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TH/THEO/index.html</ref> Nonbinary people with this name include actor [[Theo Germaine]]. | ||
''' | '''Thuong'''. US SSA data shows about 2,103 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 78% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TH/THUONG/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tib'''. English. For a period of time during the 1200s in England, the traditionally masculine name Theobald came to be widely used as a neutral name. One factor that contributed to its popularity was that one of the naming practices in that time was to sometimes name children according to what day of the year they were born. If someone was born on May 21, the feast day of Saint Theobald, then they would be called Theobald in his honor, or perhaps the feminine form Theobalda. In everyday use, anyone named Theobald (or Theobalda) went by one of the pet forms of the name, such as Tib, '''Tibbe''', '''Tibbett''', '''Tibbot''', '''Tibby''', '''Tibot''', '''Tibota''', or '''Tippitt'''. These many variants helped distinguish between different people who shared the same popular name. By 1300, Tib and its variants had become strictly feminine. From the 1350s to 1550s, they also became the common names for female cats. (The counterpart for male cats was Gib, which was short for the masculine name Gilbert, so a pair of cats were called Tib and Gib.)<ref>Charles W. Bardsley. ''Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature''. New York: R. Worthington, 1880. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Curiosities_of_Puritan_Nomenclature Page 25-26, 43.</ref><ref>https://catholicreadings.org/saint-theobald-of-vienne-saint-of-the-day-may-21/</ref>Tib and its variants have largely disappeared from use in English-speaking countries. Keywords: animals, cats, cute, medieval, one syllable, pets, two syllables. | ||
''' | '''Timber'''. US SSA data shows about 158 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 70% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TI/TIMBER/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tinashe'''. US SSA data shows about 9 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 59% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TI/TINASHE/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tobi'''. US SSA data shows about 3,445 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 89% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TOBI/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Toby'''. Medieval form of "Tobias", which ultimately derives from a Hebrew name טוֹבִיָּה (Toviyyah) meaning "Yahweh is good".<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/toby</ref> US SSA data shows about 31,194 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 80% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TOBY/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tommie'''. US SSA data shows about 28,714 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 65% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TOMMIE/index.html</ref> (Other spelling variants of this name are not so neutral, even though they are pronounced the same: US SSA data shows Tommy is used as a masculine name 98% of the time,<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TOMMY/index.html</ref> and Tommi is used as a feminine name 99% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TOMMI/index.html</ref>) | ||
''' | '''Tony''' and '''Toni'''. Short form of masculine Anthony, feminine Antonia, and other forms of the same name, derived from the Roman family name Antonius.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/toni-1</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/toni-2</ref> Though Tony and Toni are both pronounced the same, US SSA data shows Tony is used as a masculine name 99% of the time,<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TONY/index.html</ref> and Toni is used as a feminine name 99% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TONI/index.html</ref> Nonbinary and genderqueer characters in [[fiction]] with this name include Toni in ''What We Left Behind'' by Robin Talley and Toni in the dating sim ''The Office Type''. Notable nonbinary/genderqueer people with this name include Australian politician and activist [[Tony Briffa]]. | ||
''' | '''Torrance'''. US SSA data shows about 1,453 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 88% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TORRANCE/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Torrin'''. US SSA data shows about 121 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 86% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TORRIN/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tory'''. US SSA data shows about 5,521 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 63% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TORY/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tovia'''. US SSA data shows about 232 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 77% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TO/TOVIA/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tracy'''. US SSA data shows about 322,449 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 82% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TR/TRACY/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Trinidad'''. US SSA data shows about 16,925 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 55% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TR/TRINIDAD/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tsubasa''' (つばさ). Japanese. This is traditionally a neutral name. With Japanese names, the meaning depends on which ''kanji'' characters with the same pronunciation are chosen to write it. One possible choice of meaning is "Wing" (翼).<ref>http://japanesenameguide.blogspot.com/2009/12/tsubasa.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tylar'''. US SSA data shows about 167 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 55% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TY/TYLAR/index.html</ref> | ||
''' | '''Tyler'''. US SSA data shows about 77,520 people have had this given name, used as a masculine name 97% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TY/TYLER/index.html</ref> Nonbinary people with this name include [[Tyler Ford]]. | ||
''' | '''Tyme'''. US SSA data shows about 46 people have had this given name, used as a feminine name 71% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TY/TYME/index.html</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||