Given name & surname · also Welsh
Tarrant
“son of thunder”·“one who upholds the law”
Tarrant is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “son of thunder” (Welsh) and “one who upholds the law” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “son of thunder” (Welsh) and “one who upholds the law” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Welsh and American naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tarrant through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 44 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 8 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 8 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020; 4,072 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.
Tarrant’s family of names
Tarrant has a related form in Tarrent. Tarrant has a related form in Tarrint. Tarrant has a related form in Tarront.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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