as a Last Name
- 5,809
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Tait
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and northern English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Old Norse teitr ‘cheerful’, ‘gay’. This surname is quite distinct in origin from Tate.
| 5,198th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,809
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Tait per capita
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