Tahjir

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Tahjir by the numbers

Tahjir was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Tahjir

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tahjir. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tahirpure; clean; chaste9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tahmir5 in the US (2017)
  • Tamirtall, palm tree76 in the US (2017)
  • Tahmidpraising God; glorification of God6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taherpure; clean8 in the US (2017)
  • Tahsinimprovement; refinement; beautification7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tahjir

Nobody has voted for Tahjir yet

Vote for Tahjir and put it up against all the other baby names

Vote for Tahjir