Given name
Tauno
“one who is venerable; majestic”
Tauno is a form of Augustine. In Irish use, Augustine carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tauno is a form of Augustine. In Irish use, Augustine carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish use, Tauno is used as a form of Augustine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tauno through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 160
- 160 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 25 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 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1917.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tauno’s family of names
Tauno shares a linguistic root with Augustine. Tauno is a form of Augustine.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tauno
- Tauno PaloFinnish actor (1908–1982)
- Tauno IlmoniemiFinnish colonel and gymnast (1893–1934)
- Tauno KovanenFinnish wrestler (1917–1986)
- Tauno Käyhköski jumperborn 1950
- Tauno MarttinenFinnish composer (1912–2008)
- Tauno MäkiFinnish sport shooter1912–1983
- Tauno LappalainenFinnish cross-country skier1898–1973
- Tauno LuiroFinnish ski jumper (1932–1955)
- Tauno KangroEstonian sculptor (born 1966)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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