Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Tash is a diminutive of Natasha. Natasha comes from Russian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Tash is a diminutive of Natasha.
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
Tash through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 22 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 7 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 7 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 303 as a first name in 2020; 1,176 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.
Tash’s family of names
In English usage, Tash is a diminutive of Natasha. In English usage, Tash is a shortened form of Natasha.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tash
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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