What is the name meaning of TALL. Phrases containing TALL
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TALL
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for the taller of two men with the same name, from Old English leng(ra) ‘longer’, ‘taller’, comparative of lang (see Lang).German : variant of Lang.Chinese : from an ancient official title, Lingguan, denoting a court official in charge of music. The character for Ling is written similarly to that for Leng (), and the surname evolved to the latter form.Cambodian : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon; of Cornish origin)
English (Devon; of Cornish origin) : topographic name for someone who lived by a menhir, i.e. a tall standing stone erected in prehistoric times (Cornish men ‘stone’ + hir ‘long’).
Male
Norwegian
Norwegian form of Old Norse Þollákr, TALLAK means "Thor's contender."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone tall and thin, from Old English hlanc ‘long’, ‘narrow’.North German : topographic name for some living at the side of a hill or river for example, from Middle Low German lanke ‘side’, ‘flank’.
Female
English
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Tuilelaith, TALLULA means "princess of abundance." Compare with another form of Tallula.
Female
Native American
 Variant spelling of Native American Choctaw Tallula, TALLULAH means "leaping water." Compare with another form of Tallulah.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Claw; Tall; Surname
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently an occupational name for a tipstaff or beadle who carried a long staff as a badge of office; perhaps also a nickname for a very tall, thin man, or even an obscene nickname for a man with a long sexual organ. The surname is found chiefly in northeastern England.
Male
Arthurian
, ("rolling torrent"); the father of Drystan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Devon, Oxfordshire, and Lancashire called Langtree, from Old English lang, long ‘long’, ‘tall’ + trēow ‘tree’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish (of Norman origin), and French
English and Irish (of Norman origin), and French : from a Germanic personal name derived from tal ‘destroy’, either as a short form of a compound name with this first element (compare Talbot) or as an independent byname.English and Irish (of Norman origin), and French : metonymic nickname for a swift runner or for someone with a deformed heel, from Old French talon ‘heel’ (a diminutive of tal, Latin talus).Spanish (Tallón) : either a Spanish variant of Catalan Talló (see Tallo) or a habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces called Tallón.A native of the Champagne region of France, Jean Talon was intendant for New France in 1665–68, and again in 1669–72.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a respectable or decent person, or else a good-looking one, both these senses belonging to Middle English tall (Old English getæl ‘swift’, ‘prompt’). The modern sense ‘of high stature’ did not develop until the end of the 16th century; the usual Middle English equivalents were Long and High.
Boy/Male
English
Tall.. Surname.
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Tallula, TALLULAH means "princess of abundance." Compare with another form of Tallulah.
Female
Native American
 Native American Choctaw name TALLULA means "leaping water." Compare with another form of Tallula.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : occupational name for a tailor or nickname for a good swordsman, from taillant ‘cutting’, present participle of Old French tailler ‘to cut’ (Late Latin taliare, from talea ‘(plant) cutting’).English : variant spelling of Tallent.Irish : of English origin, recorded in Ireland from the 16th century; also a variant form of Tallon.
Girl/Female
Native American
Running water. Famous Bearer: Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 1968).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Talland in Cornwall, which is thought to be named as ‘hill-brow church site’, from Cornish tal + lann.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).Irish (Ulster (Armagh) and Munster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan).Chinese : from the name of an official treasurer called Long, who lived during the reign of the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc). his descendants adopted this name as their surname. Additionally, a branch of the Liu clan (see Lau 1), descendants of Liu Lei, who supposedly had the ability to handle dragons, was granted the name Yu-Long (meaning roughly ‘resistor of dragons’) by the Xia emperor Kong Jia (1879–1849 bc). Some descendants later simplified Yu-Long to Long and adopted it as their surname.Chinese : there are two sources for this name. One was a place in the state of Lu in Shandong province during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). The other source is the Xiongnu nationality, a non-Han Chinese people.Chinese : variant of Lang.Cambodian : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a tall (Middle English long ‘long’) person who was a good companion (felagh, felaw ‘partner’, ‘comrade’).The name made famous in America by poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) of Portland, ME, was introduced to North America by William Longfellow of Yorkshire, England, who settled in Newbury, MA, about 1676.
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Boy/Male
Welsh
From pembroke.
Boy/Male
Indian
Glances
Boy/Male
Buddhist, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Brahama; Lord Buddha
Male
Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive form of Hebrew Yaaqob, KAPEL means "supplanter."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lion and King
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Idea
Female
Greek
(ΜαÏία) Greek form of Hebrew Miryam, MARIA means "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including the mother of Jesus and a sister of Lazaros (Latin Lazarus). Compare with another form of Maria.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, TEMPERANCE means "moderation, self-restraint."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Gold
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Pleasant-able
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n.
A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.
pl.
of Tally
n.
The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.
a.
Having the qualities of tallow.
n.
A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
interj. & n.
A tallyho coach.
pl.
of Tallyman
n.
One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.
n.
One who keeps tally.
v. t.
To grease or smear with tallow.
v. i.
To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
imp. & p. p.
of Tallow
imp. & p. p.
of Tally
n.
An animal which produces tallow.
n.
The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.
a.
Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tally
n.
One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.
v. t.
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tallow