Given name & surname
Tarana
“born during daylight”
Tarana is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “born during daylight.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “born during daylight.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tarana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 0 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 9 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 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 254 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.
Tarana’s family of names
Tarana has a related form in Taranah. Tarana has a related form in Tarania. Tarana has a related form in Taranna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tarana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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