Assyrian names, carefully explained

Individual source check pending

Tabya

Gazelle.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tabia · Tabyo

Individual source check pending

Talitha

Little girl.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Talita · Talia · Talya

Individual source check pending

Tamar

Date palm.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tamara · Thamar

Individual source check pending

Tammuz

The shepherd god who dies in the heat and returns with the rains — and the Assyrian name for July.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tamuz · Dumuzi · Tammouz

Individual source check pending

Tarbo

A martyr's name whose meaning is not known.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tarbu · Tarbula · Pherbutha

Individual source check pending

Tashmetu

She who hears — the granting of a request.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tashmetum

Individual source check pending

Tashmetu-sharrat

Tashmetu is queen.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tashmetum-sharrat

Individual source check pending

Tatian

From the Roman family name Tatianus.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tatianus · Tatianos

Individual source check pending

Tawdoros

Gift of God.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Theodoros · Theodore · Tawdros · Todros

Individual source check pending

Tekla

Glory of God, from Greek.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Takla · Thecla · Tecla

Individual source check pending

Tiamat

The sea.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tiamtu · Tiamath

Individual source check pending

Tiglath

My trust is in the heir of the Esharra — the shortened form of a long royal name.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tiglat · Tilgath

Historical personal name

Timotheos

Timotheos is directly attested in Syriac church history; its Greek literal meaning is not independently checked here.

Timothy · Timatheus · Timotaus

Individual source check pending

Tobia

The Lord is good.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Toubia · Tuwia · Tobias · Tobiya

Historical personal name

Toma

Twin; the Aramaic epithet behind Thomas.

Touma · Tuma · Thomas · Toumas

Individual source check pending

Tukulti

Trust, support — the one you lean on.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Tukultu

Individual source check pending

Tura

Mountain.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Turo · Toora

Individual source check pending

Ur-Nammu

Man of the goddess Nammu.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Urnammu

Individual source check pending

Utnapishtim

He found life.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Uta-napishti

Individual source check pending

Utu

The sun — the Sumerian name of Shamash.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Utuh

Individual source check pending

Warda

Rose.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Wardeh · Wardia · Wardo

Individual source check pending

Yaba

Beautiful, most probably — a West Semitic name.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yabâ · Yabaa

Historical personal name

Yahballaha

Related to the attested name Yahbalaha; the exact doubled-l catalogue form and literal compound meaning are not verified here.

Yahbalaha · Yaballaha · Yawalaha

Individual source check pending

Yalda

Birth — given to a boy born at Christmas, the Feast of the Birth.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yaldo · Yildo · Ilda

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Yaqira

Precious, honoured.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yaqiro · Yakira

Historical personal name

Yaqo

Related to Yaʿqub/Jacob; literal etymology and the exact short form Yaqo remain unverified.

Yaqu · Yaqub · Yacoub · Yakoub · Jacob · James

Individual source check pending

Yasmin

Jasmine.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yasmeen · Jasmine · Yasamin

Individual source check pending

Yawna

Dove.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yona · Youna · Yawno

Individual source check pending

Yazdandukht

Daughter of God.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yazdandokht · Izdandukht

Individual source check pending

Yehuda

Praise, thanksgiving.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yehooda · Judah · Yhuda

Individual source check pending

Yonadam

The Lord is willing.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Jonadab · Yonadab

Individual source check pending

Yonatan

The Lord has given.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Jonathan · Yonathan · Younatan

Individual source check pending

Yosip

He shall add — a mother asking God for one more son after the first.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yousip · Youseph · Yawsep · Yusip · Joseph · Yousif · Yawsef

Historical personal name

Youkhana

Related to the Syriac name Yuḥanon/John; literal etymology and the precise modern Youkhana form remain unverified.

Yohannan · Yukhanna · Yuhanon · Youkhanna · John

Individual source check pending

Younan

Dove.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Yonan · Yunan · Jonah · Younis

Individual source check pending

Yudit

Woman of Judah — praised.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Judith · Yehudit · Youdit

Individual source check pending

Yuel

The Lord is God.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Youel · Yoel · Joel

Individual source check pending

Yuliana

From the Roman family name Julius.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Juliana · Julyana · Juliyana

Individual source check pending

Zabibe

Raisin — probably an Old Arabic name.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Zabiba · Zabibi

Individual source check pending

Zakai

Pure, clean, innocent.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Zacchaeus · Zakay · Zakkai

Individual source check pending

Zakariya

The Lord has remembered.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Zakaria · Zechariah · Zakay

Individual source check pending

Zakkaya

Victor, the one who wins.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Zakaya · Zakkayo

Individual source check pending

Zakutu

Pure — Naqia's Aramaic name translated into Akkadian.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Zakûtu · Zakuta

Individual source check pending

Zalga

Ray, beam of light.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Zalge · Zalgo

Individual source check pending

Zaya

A saint's name whose root is no longer certain; tradition reads it as the victorious one.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Zaia · Zia · Zaye

Individual source check pending

Zerubbabel

Seed of Babylon — a child born in exile.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Zorobabel · Zerubavel

Individual source check pending

Ziusudra

Life of long days.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Zisudra