# 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
* Kristian Tait (2002-), Scottish laundrymen, Proud highlander (Falkirk), Premier Inn enthusiast, known for his pro-Ukrain and pro-NATO stance
* 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