Looking for a rare girl name with a retro feel? Here are dozens of ideas. All came straight from very old films that were released from the 1910s to the 1940s.
This post is part of a series of posts featuring female names from early cinema. I’m going backwards, so the other lists so far are U, V, W, X, Y, and Z. The names below are the second half of the T-list (Ti- to Ty-). The first half has the Ta- to Th- names. Enjoy!
Tiare
Tiare was a character name in multiple films, including The Leopardess (1923) and The Moon and Sixpence (1942).
- Usage of the baby name Tiare.
Tibbie
Aunt Tibbie was a character played by actress Jessie Ralph in the film St. Louis Blues (1939).
Tibby
Tibby was a character name in multiple films, including Dangerous Females (short, 1929) and Bad Man from Red Butte (1940).
Tika
Queen Tika was a character played by actress Dorothy Christy in the film The Phantom Empire (1935).
- Usage of the baby name Tika.
Tilah
Tilah was a character played by actress Margaret Morris in the film Beasts of Paradise (1923).
Tildy
Tildy was a character played by actress Alice Terry in the short film The Brief Debut of Tildy (1918).
Tilga
Tilga was a character played by actress Louise Emmons in the film The Last Egyptian (1914).
Timka
Timka was a character played by actress Jean Parker in the film Caravan (1934).
Timmins
Timmins was a character played by actress Zasu Pitts in the film Her Private Life (1929).
Tira
Tira was a character played by actress Mae West in the film I’m No Angel (1933). Her name was pronounced TIE-rah.
- Usage of the baby name Tira.
Tisa
Tisa Kepes was a character played by actress Lilli Palmer in the film My Girl Tisa (1948).
- Usage of the baby name Tisa (which debuted in the data the year that My Girl Tisa came out).
Tish
Letitia “Tish” Carberry was a character played by actress Marjorie Main in the film Tish (1942).
- Usage of the baby name Tish.
Tisha
Tisha was a character played by actress Greta Nissen in the film The Wanderer (1925).
- Usage of the baby name Tisha.
Titania
Titania was a character name in multiple films, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1909) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935).
- Usage of the baby name Titania.
Tito
Tito was a character played by actress Dorothy Janis in the film The Pagan (1929).
Tituba
Tituba was a character played by actress Madame Sul-Te-Wan in the film Maid of Salem (1937).
Tiza
Tiza Torreon was a character played by actress Myrna Loy in the film Turn Back the Hours (1928).
Tocati
Tocati was a character played by actress Julie Suedo in the film Afterwards (1928).
Toddy
Toddy was a character name in multiple films, including Cain and Mabel (1936) and Youth Runs Wild (1944).
Tohana
Tohana was a character played by actress Inez Palange in the film One Million B.C. (1940).
Toinette
Toinette was a character name in multiple films, including A Love Sublime (1917) and Rainbow on the River (1936).
- Usage of the baby name Toinette.
Tokiwa
Tokiwa was a character played by actress Margaret Gibson in the short film The Love of Tokiwa (1914).
Tollea
Tollea was a character played by actress Maria Montez in the film Cobra Woman (1944).
Tommie
Tommie Lou Pember was a character played by actress Colleen Moore in the film The Perfect Flapper (1924).
- Usage of the baby name Tommie.
Tommy
Tommy Smith was a character played by actress Dorothy Devore in the film The Tomboy (1924).
- Usage of the baby name Tommy.
Tondelayo
Tondelayo was a character played by actress Hedy Lamarr in the film White Cargo (1942).
- Usage of the baby name Tondelayo.
Tonia
Tonia was a character name in multiple films, including In Old Arizona (1928) and Young Buffalo Bill (1940).
- Usage of the baby name Tonia.
Tonie
Tonie was a character name in multiple films, including Hold That Girl (1934) and Flight for Freedom (1943).
- Usage of the baby name Tonie.
Tonita
Tonita was a character name in multiple films, including Border Law (1931) and The Fighting Ranger (1934).
- Usage of the baby name Tonita.
Tonoma
Tonoma was a character played by actress Eugenie Besserer in the short film A Child of the Wilderness (1912).
Tootie
Tootie Smith was a character played by actress Margaret O’Brien in the film Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
Tootsie
Tootsie Brown was a character played by actress Muriel Ostriche in the film Leap to Fame (1918).
- Usage of the baby name Tootsie.
Toppie
Toppie Westmacott was a character played by actress Esther Ralston in the film The Little French Girl (1925).
Topsy
Topsy was a character name in multiple films, including The Gold Diggers (1923) and Topsy and Eva (1927).
- Usage of the baby name Topsy.
Torchy
Torchy Blane was a character played by various actresses in a series of 9 Torchy Blane films (1937-1939).
- Usage of the baby name Torchy.
Toru
Toru was a character played by actress Rosita Marstini in the film A Prisoner in the Harem (1913).
- Usage of the baby name Toru.
Toshia
Toshia Mori was an actress who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1930s. She was born in Japan in 1912.
- Usage of the baby name Toshia.
Toton
Toton was a character played by actress Olive Thomas in the film Toton the Apache (1919).
Towana
Towana was a character played by actress Movita in the film Wolf Call (1939).
- Usage of the baby name Towana (which debuted in the data the year after Wolf Call came out).
Toyo
Toyo Haynes was a character played by actress Lupe Velez in the film Where East Is East (1929).
Trafalgar
Trafalgar was a character name in multiple films, including Trelawny of the Wells (1916) and The Actress (1928).
Trece
Trece was a character played by actress Gertrude Astor in the film Hit of the Show (1928).
Trenna
Trenna Plaice was a character played by actress Virginia Bruce in the film Shadow of Doubt (1935).
- Usage of the baby name Trenna.
Tressie
Tressie Harlow was a character played by actress Mary Philbin in the film Danger Ahead (1921).
- Usage of the baby name Tressie.
Trilby
Trilby was a character name in multiple films, including Trilby (1914) and Svengali (1931).
- Usage of the baby name Trilby.
Trina
Trina was a character name in multiple films, including His Sweetheart (1917) and Man’s Castle (1933).
- Usage of the baby name Trina.
Trini
Trini was a character played by actress Paulette Duval in the film Twelve Miles Out (1927).
- Usage of the baby name Trini.
Trixi
Trixi Du Bray was a character played by actress Seena Owen in the film Officer Thirteen (1932).
- Usage of the baby name Trixi.
Trixie
Trixie Friganza was an actress who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1940s. She was born in Kansas in 1871. Her birth name was Delia O’Callahan. Trixie was also a character name in multiple films, including Falling Leaves (short, 1912) and The Good Bad Girl (1931).
- Usage of the baby name Trixie.
Trommy
Trommy was a character played by actress Eula Guy in the film Expensive Husbands (1937).
Truda
Truda was a character played by actress Hedda Nova in the film By the World Forgot (1918).
- Usage of the baby name Truda.
Trudi
Trudi Hovland was a character played by actress Sonja Henie in the film Second Fiddle (1939).
- Usage of the baby name Trudi.
Trudie
Trudie Morrow was a character played by actress Lila Lee in the film The Night of June 13 (1932).
- Usage of the baby name Trudie.
Trudy
Trudy was a character name in multiple films, including You Can’t Beat Love (1937) and She Married a Cop (1939).
- Usage of the baby name Trudy.
Truly
Truly Shattuck was an actress who appeared in films from the 1910s to the 1920s. She was born in California in 1876. Her birth name was Clarice Etrulia de Burcharde.
- Usage of the baby name Truly.
Trusia
Trusia was a character played by actress June Marlowe in the film Don Juan (1926).
Truth
Truth Eldridge was a character played by actress Belle Bennett in the film Flesh and Spirit (1922).
- Usage of the baby name Truth.
Tryphena
Tryphena Winter was a character played by actress Helen Gardner in the short film Underneath the Paint (1914).
- Usage of the baby name Tryphena.
Tsakran
Tsakran was a character played by actress May Robson in the film Turkish Delight (1927).
Tsuru
Tsuru Aoki was an actress who appeared in films from the 1910s to the 1960s. She was born in Japan in 1892.
Tui
Tui Bow was an actress who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1980s. She was born in New Zealand in 1906. Her birth name was Mary Lorraine Tui.
Tuila
Tuila was a character played by actress Conchita Montenegro in the film La Melodia Prohibida (1933).
Tula
Tula Belle was a child actress who appeared in films from the 1910s to the 1920s. She was born in Norway in 1906. Her birth name was Borgny Erna Bull Høegh. Tula was also a character name in multiple films, including The Vengeance of Najerra (short, 1914) and Kongo (1932).
- Usage of the baby name Tula.
Tuptim
Tuptim was a character played by actress Linda Darnell in the film Anna and the King of Siam (1946).
Tura
Tura in the film character played by actress Dorothy Lamour in the film Her Jungle Love (1938).
- Usage of the baby name Tura.
Tweeny
Tweeny was a character played by actress Lila Lee in the film Male and Female (1919).
Tylette
Tylette was a character played by actress Gale Sondergaard in the film The Blue Bird (1940).
- Usage of the baby name Tylette.
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Which of the above names do you like best?
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