Given name & surname
Tanvir
“an enlightened man”
Tanvir is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “an enlightened man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “an enlightened man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tanvir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 278
- 271 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,672 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,672 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 1,013 as a first name in 2020; 238 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.
Tanvir’s family of names
Tanvir has a related form in Tanveer. Tanvir has a related form in Tanvear. Tanvir has a related form in Tanveare.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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