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TABITHA: Aramaic name meaning "gazelle."
Diminutive, Tabby, exists.
TAMAR, TAMARY:
Biblical name meaning "date palm." Diminutive is
Tammy.
TAMARA:
Hebrew name meaning "palm tree." Diminutive, Tammy,
exists.
TAMMY:
Diminutive of Tamara, "date palm," Tamsin,
"twin," and Tansy, "immortality." Variant,
Tammie, exists.
TAMSIN: Form
of Thomasin, "twin." Diminutives are Tammie
and Tammy.
TANSY: Greek
name meaning "immortality." Diminutives are Tammie
and Tammy.
TANYA:
Russian diminutive of Tatiana, the Russian
equivalent of name of Italian mythical fairy queen.
Variant, Tania, exists.
TARA:
Irish/Gaelic name meaning "rocky hill," or "from the
crag of a tower." Variants include Tarah,
Tarra, and Tarrah.
TASHA: see
Natasha.
TATIANA:
Russian equivalent of ancient Italian myth name, a
fairy queen. Diminutive, Tanya, exists.
TERESA:
Variant of Theresa, "harvest." Diminutives
include Terry, Tess, Tessa, and
Tracy.
TERRY:
Diminutive of Theresa, "harvest." Variants
include Terri and Teri.
TESS:
Diminutive of Theresa or Tessa,
"harvest."
TESSA:
Diminutive of Theresa, "harvest." Other
diminutives include Tess and Tessie.
THEA:
Diminutive form of Dorothea, "gift from God."
Also name of a Greek goddess.
THELMA:
Greek name meaning "will" or "wish."
THEODORA:
Feminine form of Theodore, "gift from God."
Diminutives include Dora, Theda, and
Theo.
THEODOSIA:
Greek name meaning "gift from God." Diminutives
include Dosia and Theo.
THERESA:
Greek name meaning "harvest." Variants include
Teresa, and French Thérèse. Diminutives,
Terry, Tess, and Tessa, exist.
THOMASIN:
Feminine form of Thomas, "twin." Variants
include Thomasa, Thomasina, and
Tamsin.
TIFFANY:
English form of Greek name, Theophania, meaning
"god appears; epiphany." Diminutives include Tiff
and Tiffie.
TILDA: see
Matilda.
TILLY:
Diminutive of Matilda, "mighty in battle."
Variant, Tillie, exists.
TINA:
Diminutive of names ending with -tina, such as
Christina. Variant, Teena, exists.
TISH: see
Letitia.
TISHA: see
Letitia.
TITIA: see
Letitia.
TITTY:
Diminutive of Letitia, "joy; gladness."
TONI:
Diminutive of Antonia, "priceless." Variant,
Tony, exists.
TOPSY: Said
to derive from "topsail." Variants include Topsey
and Topsie.
TOTTIE: see
Charlotte.
TOTTY: see
Charlotte.
TRACY:
Diminutive of Theresa, "harvest." Variants
include Tracey and Tracie. Diminutive
is Trace.
TRICIA: see
Patricia.
TRISH: see
Patricia.
TRISHA: see
Patricia.
TRIXIE:
Diminutive of Beatrice or Beatrix, "she
who makes happy." Variant, Trixi, exists.
TRUDIE: see
Gertrude and Trudy.
TRUDY:
Diminutive of Gertrude, "strong with a spear."
Variants include Trudi and Trudie.
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