★ Be on time for a wonderful present this year · Order by Dec 8 (US) · Dec 9 (UK & AU) · All dates ›

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

48 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

  • Tapia
    Spain

    "mud wall"

  • Tate
    England

    Cheerful, or from an old personal name

  • Tattersall
    England

    From Tattershall, in Lincolnshire

  • Tavares
    Portugal

    "from Tavares"

  • Taylor
    England

    Tailor

  • Tedesco
    Italy

    German

  • Teixeira
    Portugal

    "yew grove"

  • Teles
    Portugal

    From the name Telo

  • 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")

  • Tipton
    England

    Tibba's farm

  • Tkaczyk
    Poland

    Son of the weaver

  • Tobin
    Ireland

    Norman, from St Aubyn

  • Todd
    England

    Fox

  • Toledo
    Spain

    "from Toledo"

  • Tolley
    England

    From Bartholomew, or a toll collector

  • Tomaszewski
    Poland

    From Tomaszew (Thomas's place)

  • Tomczak
    Poland

    "son of Tomasz"

  • Tomczyk
    Poland

    "son of Tomek"

  • Tomlinson
    England

    Son of little Tom

  • Torres
    Spain

    Towers

  • Toscano
    Italy

    Tuscan

  • Tosi
    Italy

    Boy, young man; shorn

  • Toth
    Hungary

    Slovak, Slav

  • 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

  • Treviño
    Spain

    From Treviño

  • Trevisan
    Italy

    From Treviso

  • Trujillo
    Spain

    From Trujillo in Extremadura

  • Tucker
    England

    Cloth fuller

  • Turnbull
    Scotland

    "turn the bull", a nickname for strength

  • Turner
    England

    Lathe worker

  • Tuttle
    England

    Lookout hill

  • Tyldesley
    England

    From Tyldesley, near Wigan

  • Tyler
    England

    Tiler, roof maker

  • Tyson
    England

    Firebrand, or son of Dye

Browse by country of origin

Every surname can be researched, even if it isn't listed here.

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