Tel

Gender：
Pronounced： [ TEL ]
Popularity：
Usage：English (British)

Meaning & History：

Short form of TERENCE or TERRY (1).

TERENCE male English

From the Roman family name Terentius which is of unknown meaning. Famous bearers include Publius Terentius Afer, a Roman playwright, and Marcus Terentius Varro, a Roman scholar. It was also borne by several early saints. The name was used in Ireland as an Anglicized form of TOIRDHEALBHACH, but it was not in use as an English name until the late 19th century.

TOIRDHEALBHACH male Irish

Means "instigator", derived from Gaelic toirdhealbh "prompting".

TERRY (1) male & female English

From an English surname which was derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of THEODORIC.

THEODORIC male History

From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the people", derived from the elements theud "people" and ric "power, ruler". It was notably borne by Theodoric the Great, a 6th-century king of the Ostrogoths who eventually became the ruler of Italy. By Theodoric's time the Ostrogoths were partially Romanized and his name was regularly recorded as Theodoricus. The Gothic original may have been Þiudreiks.

Names related to Tel：

FULL FORMS

ENGLISH: Terance, Terence, Terrance, Terrence, Terry

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT ROMAN: Terentius

ENGLISH: Terry

GEORGIAN: Terenti

ITALIAN: Terenzio

RUSSIAN: Terenti, Terentiy

FEMININE FORMS

ENGLISH: Teri, Terri, Terrie

OTHER FORMS