Ta

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Tạ in VN Vietnam, HK Hong Kong, T-A in US United States, Tae in DE Germany and Tã in CM Cameroon.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Ta is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Urdu name29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Pakistan

  Also written Tà, Tâ, Tá, Tā, Tạ

• Chinese surname12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Taiwan, China, Algeria

  Also written Tā, T'A, Tà, Tä, Tã

• Malay surname23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Tạ, Ta', Tà, Tä, Tá

• Italian surname28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Chile

  Languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written T'A, Tá, Tà, Tã, Tä

• a separate name38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Italy, Netherlands, Mexico

  Also written Tă, Tạ, Tã, Tà, Tå

• Japanese surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, Tunisia, Algeria

  Also written Tạ, Tà, Tá, Tâ, Tã

• Sinhala given name19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Thi, ත්, Ti, Tạ, තු

• French surname43 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Cameroon, Morocco, Algeria

  Also written Tà, Tã, Tâ, Tä, T'A

• Arabic surname44 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Algeria

  Also written Tã, Tå, Tä, Tâ, Tà

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Ta is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Akan, V. [red. teta] 1. to dab a sore or wound at one or several places with plaster or sticky medicine; to lay or put (a medicine) upon or into a sore or wound; ode aduru ta ne kurum; okyena me- ta me gyato (wo me nammonmu), to-morrow I shall dress (the ulcer- ating tumours of) my yaws. pr. 8234. — 2. ta ntasuo, s. ntasn

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In cdo, antiquity, forever Ate X a petty chieftian. -ERR a telescope, (udng-udng-giang). “FBG (#y) a swift, young horse. F Bilt far sighted, an attendant of God- ‘ness of Seaman. FRE Et by hook or by crook. F-SE AGE FG said jeeringly of a cuckold. FAL Gomphrena globosa, L. F A—# X not the slightest change

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, make a name, to become famous to settle, to agree upon. an idiom, a current phrase, to complete an affair. the perfecting of a work depends on heaven, to memorize thoroughly, (budi), to become ripe, to ripen, to mature, ready-made articles. to receive from, to succeed, to accept

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In kr, 8. (Perhaps from en, the great ancestor of the Negroes, as D"ix = "Adam" and "man".) i) a man, a person, an individual; pi. dm or ham, people. 2) a relative; e.g. sSbdnite kdmni, my friend is a relative of mine, hum kdmma, a non -relative, a stranger

  as a word·Kanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)

• In cdo, btubhde, te rise and overflow bubbling up, (diény-pak ). full and running over. to drag, tu grasp, te pull, to inaplieate, to climb up, (¢6-piaing). to implicate, to drag inte the matter, to lead by the hand

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Jiao Hongb. 1540not in their usual nameMing dynasty scholar and historian (1540–1620)
• Ta Thu Thaub. 1906FRVietnamese Trotskyist politician (1906-1945)
• Trần Độb. 1923VNnot in their usual nameVietnamese journalist
• Chiao Chiaob. 1943SGnot in their usual nameChinese actress raised in Taiwan and has Singapore/Hong Kong dual nationality
• Leroy Chiaob. 1960USnot in their usual nameAmerican astronaut and engineer
• Jiao Zhiminb. 1963CNnot in their usual nametable tennis player
• Vincent Chiaob. 1967TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actor
• Ta Phong Tanb. 1968VNVietnamese blogger (born 1968)
• Jiao Junyanb. 1987CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress
• Jiao Liuyangb. 1991CNnot in their usual nameChinese swimmer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Ta?

A machine transcription gives /tɑː/ (IPA) for Arabic.

What does the name Ta mean?

Recorded meaning: d'un mot grec qui signifie "contempler avec admiration" ou de fa 25105, qui appartient à Isis, déesse égyptienne.

In which country does Ta have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 167 thousand people named Ta in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ťä.

How common is the name Ta?

In the United States, the national register counted 8,017 people named Ta in 2010, about 1 in 41 thousand residents.

How common is Ta compared with other names?

In Vietnam, Ta is the 52nd most common surname of 62,915 surnames recorded there.