Tahmir
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Tahmir by the numbers
Tahmir was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Tahmir
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 Tahmir. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Tamirtall, palm tree76 in the US (2017)
- Tahirpure; clean; chaste9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tahmidpraising God; glorification of God6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tahjir5 in the US (2017)
- Tamimperfect or complete17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Taimuriron; historical name of Timur the Conqueror9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Tahmir
Names that are said the same way as Tahmir, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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