Tarryn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Tarryn by the numbers

Tarryn was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Tarryn

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

  • Terryn19 in the US (2017)
  • Tamryn18 in the US (2017)
  • Tarren8 in the US (2017)
  • Taranthunder or deity of thunder50 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Terranof the earth or relating to land23 in the US (2017)
  • Torrythunder; a form of Thor or Torsten6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Tarryn

Names that are said the same way as Tarryn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Taureanof or relating to a bull17 in the US (2017)
  • Tarunyoung, tender16 in the US (2017)
  • Taryn207 in the US (2017)
  • Taron31 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tarynn13 in the US (2017)
  • Taren10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tarryn

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