Tannor

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

Tannor by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 34 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Tannor

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 Tannor. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tannerleather worker; occupational surname1,373 in the US (2017)
  • Taylortailor, one who cuts cloth3,263 in the US (2017)
  • Tabordrum or percussion instrument17 in the US (2017)
  • Tanerone who tans hides11 in the US (2017)
  • Tannentan-colored; from the tannery7 in the US (2017)
  • Tainopeople of the caribbean islands5 in the US (2017)

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