Tait (surname)

Tait is a Scottish surname which means 'pleasure' or 'delight'. 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

See also

• Tate (surname)