Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Phoenician.
The story
In mythological stories, Tanith is associated with the goddess of love, fertility, moon, and stars.
Tanith through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 122
- 0 boys · 122 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 18 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 7 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 211 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.
Tanith’s family of names
Tanith has a related form in Tanitha. Tanith has a related form in Tanithe. Tanith has a related form in Tanithia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tanith
- Tanith LeeBritish writer (1947-2015)
- Tanith Belbin WhiteAmerican ice dancerborn 1984
- Tanith MaxwellSouth African distance runnerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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