Tait (surname)

Last updated August 12, 2025

Tait is a Scottish surname which means 'pleasure' or 'delight'.^[1] The origins of the name can be traced back as far as 1100.

Notable people with the surname Tait or Taitt include:

Alan Tait (born 1964), Scottish rugby player and coach
Alasdair Tait, British cellist and teacher
Alex Tait (disambiguation), several persons

Alex Tait (cricketer) (born 1972), New Zealand cricketer
Alex Tait (footballer) (1933–2018), English footballer
Alex Tait (rugby union) (born 1988), English rugby union player

Alex Tait (poet) (1720–1800), Scottish poet
Alice Tait (born 1986), Australian swimmer
Angus Tait (1919–2007), New Zealand businessman
Ashley Tait (born 1975), British ice hockey player
Archibald Tait (1811–1882), English archbishop
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819–1905), American artist
Barry Tait (1938–2020), English footballer
Blyth Tait (born 1961), New Zealand equestrian
Bobby Tait (1938–2024), Scottish footballer
Bobby Tait (Cowdenbeath footballer) (c. 1886–1950), Scottish footballer
Campbell Tait (1886–1946), British naval officer colonial governor
Cecilia Tait (born 1962), Peruvian volleyball player and politician
Charles Tait (politician) (1768–1835), American politician
Charles Tait (film director) (1868–1933), Australian film director
Chris Tait, Canadian singer–songwriter and producer
David M. Tait (born 1947), Scottish airline executive
David Tait (born 1987), English rugby union player
Doug Taitt (1902–1970), Major League baseball player
Douglas Tait (disambiguation), several persons

Douglas Tait (illustrator), Canadian children's book illustrator
Douglas Tait (actor), American actor, creature performer, stuntman and producer

Edward Joseph Tait (1878–1948), Australian theatrical entrepreneur
Eric Tait (born 1951), English football player and manager
Francis M. Taitt (1862–1943), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
George Tait (1858–1882), English footballer
Gerald Tait (1866–1938), Scottish sailor
Glen Tait, Canadian politician
Gordon Tait (1912–1999), British architect
Gregor Tait (born 1979), Scottish swimmer
Frank Samuel Tait (1883–1965), Australian theatre entrepreneur
Frederick Guthrie Tait (1870–1900), Scottish soldier and amateur golfer
Ian Tait (1926–2013), British general practitioner
James Tait (disambiguation), several persons

James Tait (historian) (1863–1944), English medieval historian
James Brian Tait (1916–2007), British bomber pilot
James Edward Tait (1886–1918), Scottish–Canadian soldier
James Francis Tait (1926–2014), British endocrinologist
James Sharp Tait (1912–1998), Scottish electrical engineer and academic administrator
James Sinclair Tait (1849–1928), Canadian physician, author and politician
James Haldane Tait (1771–1845), Scottish naval commander
James Tait (1834–1915), English architect of Clarendon Park Congregational Church, Leicester

Jason Tait, Canadian musician
Jessie Tait (1928–2010), English ceramic designer
Jock Tait (1886–1945), Scottish cricketer
Joe Tait (1937–2021), American sports broadcaster
John Tait (disambiguation), several persons

John Tait (American football) (born 1975), professional football player
John Tait (architect) (1787–1856), Scottish architect
John Tait (entrepreneur) (1871–1955), Australian film and theatre entrepreneur
John Tait (horseman) (1813–1888), racehorse owner/trainer in Australian Racing Hall of Fame
John Tait (rugby union) (born 1973), Canadian rugby player
John Tait (runner) (1888–1971), Olympic athlete
John Guthrie Tait (1861–1945), Scottish educator and international rugby union player
John W. Tait (born 1945), English Egyptologist
John Barclay Tait (1900–1973), British hydrographist
John Robinson Tait (1834–1909), American landscape painter, art critic, and travel writer
John Tait (physiologist) (1878–1944), Scots-born professor of physiology
John Guthrie Tait (1861–1945), Scottish educator and international rugby player

Jordan Tait (born 1979), English footballer
Katharine Tait (1923–2021), British writer
Kenneth Tait (1918–1941), New Zealand flying ace
Lauren Tait (born 1996), Scottish netball player
Laurie Taitt (1934–2006), British hurdler
Lawson Tait (1845–1899), Scottish gynecologist
Luke Tait (born 1981), Canadian rugby union player
Lynn Taitt (1934–2010), Trinidad and Tobago reggae guitarist
Margaret Tait (1918–1999), Scottish film maker and poet
Marion Tait, ballerina and ballet mistress
Mat Tait (born 1970), New Zealand author, illustrator, artist and cartoonist
Mathew Tait (born 1986), English rugby union player
Melanie Tait, Australian radio broadcaster, playwright and author
Melbourne McTaggart Tait (1842–1917), Canadian lawyer and judge
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, New Zealand politician and activist
Michael Tait (born 1966), American musician
Mick Tait (born 1956), English footballer and manager
Nancy Tait (1920–2009), English activist
Nevin Tait (1876–1961), Australian concert promoter and film producer
Norman Tait (1941–2016), Canadian artist and totem pole carver
Paul Tait (disambiguation), several persons

Paul Tait (footballer, born 1971), English midfielder for Birmingham City
Paul Tait (footballer, born 1974), English striker for Northwich Victoria

Percy Tait (1929–2019), British motorcycle road racer and tester
Peter Tait (disambiguation), several persons

Peter Tait (physicist) (1831–1901), Scottish mathematical physicist
Peter Tait (footballer) (1936–1990), English professional footballer
Peter Tait (mayor) (1915–1996), New Zealand politician
Peter Tait (radio presenter) (1950–2002), English radio presenter
Peter Tait (rugby union) (1906–1980), Scottish rugby union player
Peter Tait (sport shooter) (born 1949), Australian Paralympian

Richard Tait, British journalist and academic
Robert Tait (disambiguation), several persons

Robert Lawson Tait (1845–1899), British medical pioneer
Robert Tait (captain) (fl. 1793), Scottish naval officer

Robin Tait (1940–1984), New Zealand discus thrower
Roger Tait, New Zealand rugby league player
Sarah Tait (1983–2016), Australian rower
Shaun Tait (born 1983), Australian cricketer
Sylvia Tait, Canadian painter
Thomas Tait (disambiguation), several persons
Timothy M. P. Tait, Canadian/American physicist
Tom Tait (volleyball), American volleyball coach
Tommy Tait (disambiguation), several persons

Tommy Tait (socialist)
Tommy Tait (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1942), Scottish international footballer for Sunderland
Tommy Tait (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1976), English footballer for Sunderland, Manchester City

Victor Hubert Tait (1892–1988), Canadian soldier and airman
Viola Tait (1911–2002), Australian biographer
William Tait (disambiguation), several persons

William Auld Tait (1826–1900), Canadian pioneer and politician
William W. Tait (1929–2024), professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago
William Tait (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
William Tait (footballer), Association football player during the 1890s and 1900s.
William Tait (publisher) (1793–1864), known for Tait's Magazine
William Tait (MP) (died 1800), Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs

References

↑ Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 95. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.

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[theorigin95-1] Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 95. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.

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