Given name
Tanuj
“our beloved son”
Tanuj is a variant of Tanay. One Hindi interpretation is “our beloved son.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tanuj is a variant of Tanay. One Hindi interpretation is “our beloved son.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tanuj is a variant of Tanay. An origin associated with Tanay is Hindi.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tanuj through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 70 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 10 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 boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 289 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.
Tanuj’s family of names
Tanuj has a related form in Tanay. In Hindi usage, Tanuj is a Roman-alphabet rendering of तनुज.
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.
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