Tanisi
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Tanisi by the numbers
Tanisi was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Tanisi
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 Tanisi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Tanishiyoung woman, maiden9 in the US (2017)
- Tanisa city in ancient egypt; marshland7 in the US (2017)
- Taniafairy queen; a form of Tatiana186 in the US (2017)
- Tanvidelicate or slender97 in the US (2017)
- Taniyaworthy of praise; a modern respelling of Tanya58 in the US (2017)
- Tanishaambition or desire; a form of Tanvi12 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Tanisi
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