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Interpreted as “elevated” or “little sky”; also explained as “small distinguishing mark”.

Arabic · Arabic: /suˈmaj.ja/ (Sumayya).

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Summer

English · English: /ˈsʌm.əɹ/ (American), /ˈsʌm.ə/ (British); SUM-er, two syllables, first stressed.

Summer; the season

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Taim

Servant; associated with devotion through its Arabic root

Arabic · Arabic /tajm/

Simple and sweetWarm

Tate

Often interpreted as “happy” or “cheerful” through its surname roots.

English · English /teɪt/: TAYT, one syllable, rhyming with gate.

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Teodoro

Greek · Spanish: [te.oˈðo.ɾo], te-o-DO-ro

Gift of God

Teresa

Uncertain; a connection with Greek “to harvest” has been proposed.

Spanish · Spanish: /teˈɾesa/; English: /təˈriːsə/ or /təˈriːzə/

Thea

Gift of God through Dorothea or Theodora; also linked to Greek ‘goddess’.

Greek · English /ˈθi.ə/, with th as in thin; German /ˈteː.a/ starts with t.

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Theo

“Gift of God” through Theodore; other full forms give Theo different roots.

Greek · English: THEE-oh /ˈθi.oʊ/. German: /ˈteː.o/.

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Theodore

Greek · British English: /ˈθiː.ə.ˌdɔː/; American English: /ˈθi.ə.ˌdɔɹ/.

Gift of God.

Theresa

Uncertain; “harvest” is one proposed connection

German · English /təˈɹiːsə/ or /təˈɹiːzə/

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Thiago

A Brazilian spelling of Tiago, related to James and Jacob; traditionally associated with “holder of the heel” or “supplanter”.

Portuguese · Brazilian Portuguese: /t͡ʃi.ˈa.ɡu/; roughly chee-AH-goo

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Thomas

Aramaic · /ˈtɒməs/ (British English); /ˈtɑːməs/ (American English); /ˈtoːmas/ (German); /tɔma/ (French)

Twin

Tiago

Portuguese form of James, through Santiago (‘Saint James’)

Portuguese · European Portuguese /ti.ˈa.ɡu/; one Brazilian Portuguese form /t͡ʃi.ˈa.ɡu/

Tim

Honouring God; through Dietmar, people and fame

Greek · English and German /tɪm/

Tobias

God is good; more specifically, Yahweh is good.

Hebrew · German /toˈbiː.as/; English /təˈbaɪ.əs/, with a different middle vowel.

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Toni

Unisex

Latin · German /ˈtoːni/; English /ˈtoʊni/

No securely established literal meaning; from the Antonius name family.

Tucker

Cloth fuller, through an English occupational surname.

English · English: /ˈtʌkər/ in American speech; /ˈtʌkə/ in non-rhotic British speech. Two syllables, with stress on the first.

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Tuomas

“Twin”, from the Aramaic root of Thomas.

Finnish · Finnish /ˈtuo̯mɑs/; Tuo-mas, first stress; uo glides within one syllable.

Ulises

Meaning uncertain; traditionally linked to anger or hatred.

Spanish · Spanish: /uˈli.ses/; roughly oo-LEE-sess.

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Vaino

Possibly linked to the Estonian word for a village green or grassy common.

Estonian · Estonian spelling Vaino: retain a and o, rather than substituting the ä and ö of Finnish Väinö.

Valentin

Strong or healthy, from the Latin name Valens.

Latin · German: /ˈvaːlɛntiːn/; an initial f sound also occurs. French: /va.lɑ̃.tɛ̃/.

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Valentina

Latin · Italian /va.len.ˈtiː.na/; Spanish /ba.len.ˈti.na/, stress on ti

Strong, healthy.

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Valerie

‘Strong’ or ‘healthy’, through the Latin root of Valeria.

Latin · English: /ˈvæl.ə.ɹi/, stress on the first syllable; initial vowel as in cat.

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Vicente

One who conquers; victorious.

Latin · Spanish: /biˈsente/ in Latin America; /biˈθente/ in much of Spain. Stress on cen.