Tawana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Tawana by the numbers

Its American peak was 366 babies in 1974, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Tawana

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

Sounds like Tawana

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

  • Taniafairy queen; a form of Tatiana186 in the US (2017)
  • Tanyaworthy of praise; diminutive form of tatiana91 in the US (2017)
  • Tanayadaughter24 in the US (2017)
  • Tanyahfairy queen; a form of Tatiana7 in the US (2017)
  • Tawnyaa form of tawny
  • Taniah8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tawana

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