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Tee

Tee is a surname from Hokkien. It is used in English, Tagalog, and Indonesian.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Tee comes from Hokkien.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

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Tee through the years

Babies since 1880
458
407 boys · 51 girls
Most popular year
1982
16 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Boys Girls
0102030192019401960198020002025Highest share 1910Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Tee in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1910–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,328 as a first name in 2020; 1,588 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Tee’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Tee as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Ty. In English usage, Tee as a surname has a related form in Tay. In English usage, Tee as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with CHUNG.

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TeeTayTeTheeTyChung

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Tee has relatives in 3 languages.

EnglishIndonesian

5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Tee

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English

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Hokkien

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place names

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Hakka

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Early Modern Spanish

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surnames

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Slavic · Royal

Boris

“a warrior; having battle glory”

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African American · Modern

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“God is gracious”

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