Given name & surname

Tallant

“to cut”

Tallant is a surname from Old French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Tallant goes back to Old French tailler, meaning “to cut.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Tallant comes from Old French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old French tailler (“to cut”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Tallant, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old French

Currant

“to run”

No U.S. birth series

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Old French

Avent

“fitting, apt; beautiful”

No U.S. birth series

89% boys · 11% girls

Old French

Tizzard

“to weave”

No U.S. birth series

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Old French

Tester

“someone with a big head”

No U.S. birth series

92% boys · 8% girls

Old French

Tollemache

“knapsack”

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Mahaut

“power” · “battle”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old French

Tudge

“small wood surrounded by cleared groves”

No U.S. birth series

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Old French

Jarlett

“tub, cask”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Tallant’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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