Given name & surname
Tanny
“from the valley”·“a sweetheart”·“a young woman”
Tanny 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
Tanny 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
Tanny 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 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tanny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 187
- 10 boys · 177 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 12 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 5 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 400 as a first name in 2020; 138 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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