Surnames Starting with T: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

Drummer

Son of the priest

Norman personal name

End of the lakes

From Tamayo

Drummer

Son of Tancredi

Tanner of hides

"mud wall"

From Taranto

Cheerful, or from an old personal name

From Tattershall, in Lincolnshire

From Tatham

Dove keeper or deaf man

"from Tavares"

From Taveira

From Távora

Tailor

Descendant of Tadhg (poet)

German

German

Pond keeper

"yew grove"

From the name Telo

Cut iron

Storm (nickname)

Of the Templars' land

Temple farmstead

Tenant farmer

Son of Dennis

New land

From Thierry (Theodoric)

Weaver

Head

Thatcher

Valley dweller

Roof thatcher

Of uncertain origin

Short form of Matthias

Ill-mannered

From Thilo or Dietrich

From the name Dietrich

Thistle clearing

Twin (Aramaic)

Son of Thom (Thomas)

Son of Thomas ("twin")

One who lived by a thorn bush

From Thornton, "thorn-bush farm"

Outlying farm

"thrall's clearing"

Thor's protection

Thor's stone

Tīdi's spring

Descendant of Tighearnach ("lordly")

Tiller of soil, or lime tree

Tile / earth worker

Place name

Son of Tim (Timothy)

Tynni's hill

Tibba's farm

Son of the weaver

Norman, from St Aubyn

Fox

Turner

Bright people

"from Toledo"

Foolhardy

From Bartholomew, or a toll collector

Little Thomas

From Tomaszew (Thomas's place)

"son of Tomasz"

"son of Tomek"

Son of little Tom

Son of Tommaso (twin)

Towers

Tuscan

Boy, young man; shorn

Slovak, Slav

Tufa stone

Town clearing

Dweller at the end of the village

Stocky

From Tracy in Normandy

From Trapani

"dear man, friend"

Crossing

Toll collector at a crossing

From Trejo

Farm of the stone

From the River Trent, 'flooder'

Farm of Elyan

From Treviño

From Treviso

Bold, strong

Trinity

Nimble dancer, light-footed

Troll valley

Trumpeter

Messenger, runner

Little Trude

From Trujillo in Extremadura

Short pet name

Cloth fuller

Son of the flood

Turk

Turk

Uncertain

Son of Turlough

"turn the bull", a nickname for strength

Lathe worker

Thor's Finn

Lookout hill

Descendant of Tuaim

From Tyldesley, near Wigan

Tiler, roof maker

Firebrand, or son of Dye