Taiga
A boys’ name of Russian origin, meaning subarctic forest biome.
Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies
Taiga by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Taiga. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Taiga. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Talhaa type of acacia tree mentioned in the Quran83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Taegana form of Teagan; beautiful and fair64 in the US (2017)
- Tashaborn on Christmas; a form of Natasha26 in the US (2017)
- Triggtrue or loyal23 in the US (2017)
- Trinapure; a form of katrina22 in the US (2017)
- Taiyosun or solar light7 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Taiga, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Taiga
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