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

32 family names beginning with T. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Talley
    Wales

    End of the lakes

  • Tanner
    England

    Tanner of hides

  • Tate
    England

    Cheerful, or from an old personal name

  • Tattersall
    England

    From Tattershall, in Lincolnshire

  • Taylor
    England

    Tailor

  • Tedesco
    Italy

    German

  • Terry
    England

    From Thierry (Theodoric)

  • Testa
    Italy

    Head

  • Thiel
    Germany

    From Thilo or Dietrich

  • Thiele
    Germany

    From the name Dietrich

  • Thomas
    Wales & England

    Twin (Aramaic)

  • Thompson
    England

    Son of Thom (Thomas)

  • Thomson
    Scotland

    Son of Thomas ("twin")

  • Thornton
    England

    From Thornton, "thorn-bush farm"

  • Threlfall
    England

    "thrall's clearing"

  • Tierney
    Ireland

    Descendant of Tighearnach ("lordly")

  • Tobin
    Ireland

    Norman, from St Aubyn

  • Todd
    England

    Fox

  • Tolley
    England

    From Bartholomew, or a toll collector

  • Tomaszewski
    Poland

    From Tomaszew (Thomas's place)

  • Torres
    Spain

    Towers

  • Tosi
    Italy

    Boy, young man; shorn

  • Townsend
    England

    Dweller at the end of the village

  • Tracy
    England

    From Tracy in Normandy

  • Trautmann
    Germany

    "dear man, friend"

  • Travis
    England

    Toll collector at a crossing

  • Tucker
    England

    Cloth fuller

  • Turnbull
    Scotland

    "turn the bull", a nickname for strength

  • Turner
    England

    Lathe worker

  • Tyldesley
    England

    From Tyldesley, near Wigan

  • Tyler
    England

    Tiler, roof maker

  • Tyson
    England

    Firebrand, or son of Dye

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.