Given name & surname
Taher
“one who is pure; chaste”
Taher is a variant of Tahir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Taher is a variant of Tahir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Taher is a variant of Tahir. An origin associated with Tahir is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taher through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 252
- 252 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,550 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,550 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 731 as a first name in 2020; 1,253 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Taher
- Tagir KhaybulaevRussian judokaborn 1984
- Tahir SalahovSoviet, Azerbaijani and Russian artist (1928-2021)
- Aytaç YalmanTurkish general and statesperson (1940–2020)
- Tahir ElçiTurkish attorney (1966–2015)
- Tahir YahyaIraqi politician and former prime minister (1916−1986)
- Tahir ShahBritish journalist and documentary filmmakerborn 1966
- Taher ElgamalAmerican cryptographerborn 1955
- Tie DomiCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1969
- Sharaf al-Zaman al-Marwaziphysician and author of the "Nature of Animals"1056–1120
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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