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Baby boys' names starting with T: 67 Indian names with meanings

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Baby boys' names starting with T: 67 Indian names with meanings

67 names for boys beginning with T, each with the meaning our corpus records and the Devanagari spelling where we hold one.

Indian baby boys' names starting with T

T names carry tara and tejas — star and radiance — and a strong south Indian presence through Thirumal and its relatives.

There are 67 here, each printed with its meaning and its Devanagari spelling where we hold one. Families usually arrive at a letter for one of three reasons: the birth nakshatra's pada suggests a syllable, a grandparent's name begins with it, or the family simply likes how it sounds with the surname.

Every name comes from our verified name corpus — the editorial workbooks our team maintains, cross-checked against United States birth-registration data. Names we hold no meaning for are left out rather than padded in, which is why this list is shorter than the ones that scrape a dictionary.

Boys' names starting with T (1-60)

67 names, each with the meaning our corpus records for it.

NameMeaningIn Devanagari
TejasRadiantतेजस
TejLightतेज
TanvikBeautiful, Attractiveतन्विक
TanmayEngrossedतन्मय
TanushLord Shiva, Worth praisingतनुष
TanaySonतनय
TanishJewelतानिश
TarakProtector, Saviorतारक
ToranA scared gatewayतोरण
TarunYoungतरुण
TanajiCourage and boldnessतानाजी
TanavFluteतनव
TanirStrength and courageतानिर
TanmayrajKing of concentrationतन्मयराज
TantavA sonतंतव
TanujSonतनुज
TanunWindतनुन
TanvayDelicate, Slenderतन्वय
TanveerEnlightenedतन्वीर
TanvikshHandsome and braveतन्विक्ष
TapanSunतपन
TapasAusterity, Meditationतपस
TapeshLord of meditationतपेश
TarachandMoonताराचंद
TarakshyaSunताराक्ष्य
TarangWaveतरंग
TaruneshYouthतरुणेश
Tasmaiup to the Lordतस्मै
TathagatBuddhaतथागत
TathyaFactतथ्य
TatvikIn relation to Tatv, an elementतात्विक
TatyaLord Shivaतात्या
TautikPearlतौतिक
TeerthHoly placeतीर्थ
TejasviFull of radiance and brilliance; luminous kingतेजस्वी
TejaswiEnergeticतेजस्वी
TejeshGod of brillianceतेजेश
TejrajKing of brillianceतेजराज
TejraoRadiant king; one who rules with brillianceतेजराव
ThevanGodlyथेवन
TilakA religious markतिलक
TilakrajBest kingतिलकराज
TinkuTiny; small; the apple of everyone's eyeटिंकू
TirthankarJain Godतीर्थंकर
TitikshaForgiveness, Patienceतितिक्षा
TitirBirdतितिर
TridhamanThe holy trinityत्रिधामन
TridipThree lampsत्रिदीप
TrijalLord Shivaत्रिजल
TrilochanLord Shivaत्रिलोचन
TrilokTree worldsत्रिलोक
TrilokeshLord Shivaत्रिलोकेश
TrinathThree cities of Lord Shivtripurत्रिनाथ
TrinayanThree-eyed (Lord Shiva)त्रिनयन
TriptSatisfactionतृप्त
TriravThree soundsत्रिरव
TrishankuA king from the Ikshvaku dynastyत्रिशंकु
TrishulLord Shiva's weaponत्रिशूल
TrivikramLord Vishnuत्रिविक्रम
TukaramA saint poetतुकाराम

Boys' names starting with T (61-67)

NameMeaningIn Devanagari
TulsidaasServant of Tulsiतुलसीदास
TulsidasServant of Tulsi (Basil plant)तुलसीदास
TungabhadraNobleतुंगभद्रा
TuragA thoughtतुरग
TushaarSnowतुषार
TusharFrost, mistतुषार
TusharkantiLord Shivaतुषारकांती

The T names families are actually using

These are the names on this page that show up in United States birth registrations for 2025 — a real signal of which spellings Indian families abroad are registering now. India has no comparable public register, so anyone ranking names within India is estimating.

NameMeaningUS births, 2025
TejasRadiant43
TejLight13
TanvikBeautiful, Attractive12
TanmayEngrossed11
TanushLord Shiva, Worth praising11
TanaySon10
TanishJewel10
TarakProtector, Savior9
ToranA scared gateway8
TarunYoung6

Choosing between them

Say the shortlist with the surname, out loud, several times. A name that is lovely alone can be unsayable in full, and the full version is what a teacher will read from a register.

Fix the spelling before you register the birth. Romanised Indian names have several accepted spellings — the one on the birth certificate has to match the school record, the passport and the Aadhaar that follow it, and correcting them later is genuinely painful.

If your family follows the panchang, the birth nakshatra's pada decides the traditional syllable. Our birth star calculator gives the star, the pada and its syllable from the date and time of birth — start there, then look for a name on this page that fits.

And check the short form and the initials, because those are what the child will actually be called.

Frequently asked questions

Q: How many boys' names starting with T are on this page? — 67, each with a recorded meaning. Names whose meaning we cannot verify are not listed.

Q: Which is the most used? — Of the names here, Tejas (radiant) has the highest 2025 US birth count. Within India, popularity varies a great deal by state and community.

Q: Is my baby's nakshatra syllable the same as this letter? — Not necessarily. The panchang syllables are written in Devanagari and do not map one-to-one onto English letters — "Ch", "Sh" and "Th" are single sounds, for instance. Use the birth star calculator for the syllable, then match it to the Devanagari spellings in the table.

Q: Do you have girls' names for this letter? — Yes, on its own page, along with lists for the other letters and for names grouped by meaning.

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Reviewed by

  • Nakul PhatakCEO, theAsianparent India & Indonesia
    Head of theAsianparent India; father of one
  • Roshni ChuganiHead of Marketing, theAsianparent India & Singapore
    12 years in the mother-and-baby space; mother of two

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