Tatem
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.
Tatem by the numbers
Tatem was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Tatem
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 Tatem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Tatem
Names that are said the same way as Tatem, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Taytumcheerful or bringer of joy; a modern respelling of Tatum129 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tatem
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