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 (born 1929), 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