Given name & surname · also Hungarian
Tabor
“from the trenches”·“having bad luck”
Tabor is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the trenches” and “having bad luck”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the trenches” and “having bad luck”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Hungarian and Hebrew naming traditions.
How it developed
In English usage, Tabor as a surname developed from Tábor.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tabor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 814
- 727 boys · 87 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,821 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,821 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 46.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 827 as a first name in 2020; 14,680 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tabor’s family of names
In English usage, Tabor as a surname developed from the Czech form Tábor. Tabor has a related form in Taber. Tabor has a related form in Taeber.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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