Tanvi

A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning delicate or slender.

Babies a year
97
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2138
13 babies

Tanvi by the numbers

In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Tanvi. In the US, 97 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 140 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Thanvi6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tavi3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taniafairy queen; a form of Tatiana186 in the US (2017)
  • Tanyaworthy of praise; diminutive form of tatiana91 in the US (2017)
  • Tanayson or offspring19 in the US (2017)
  • Torvithor's warrior; a form of Thorvi17 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean gentleness

Like Tanvi, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
  • Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
  • Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Tanvi

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