Tavi
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Tavi by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Tavi. In the US, 13 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 13 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Tavi
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 Tavi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Tanvidelicate or slender97 in the US (2017)
- Talidew of God; a form of Talya7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Taviaof Octavia; short form of Octavia12 in the US (2017)
- Tavisa form of Tavistock or Tavish9 in the US (2017)
- Tavapan or plate; cooking vessel7 in the US (2017)
- Tovimy good; form of Tov or Toby3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Tavi
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