Given name
Tanee
“from the valley”·“a sweetheart”·“a young woman”
Tanee is a variant of Tani. Interpretations include “from the valley”, “a sweetheart”, and “a young woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tanee is a variant of Tani. Interpretations include “from the valley”, “a sweetheart”, and “a young woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tanee is a variant of Tani. An origin associated with Tani is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tanee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 115
- 0 boys · 115 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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