Given name & surname
Tano
“from the river Tanи”
Tano is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “from the river Tanи.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the river Tanи.”
How it developed
In Asturian usage, Tano is a diminutive of CAITANO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 44 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,837 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,837 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 as a first name in 2020; 712 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.
Tano’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Tano is a diminutive of CAITANO. In Greek usage, Tano as a surname is a transliteration of Τάνο.
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Tano
- Tano CimarosaItalian actor and director (1922–2008)
- Tano JōdaiJapanese academic and peace activist (1886–1982)1882–1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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