Given name & surname
Tavaris
“of misfortune; a hermit”
Tavaris is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “of misfortune; a hermit.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “of misfortune; a hermit.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tavaris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,526
- 2,520 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 109 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,759 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,759 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 28.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 109 in 1995. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,652 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 77,293 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tavaris’s family of names
Tavaris has a related form in Tavarius. Tavaris has a related form in Tavarious. Tavaris has a related form in Tavaress.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tavarrislikely variant
- Tavarianvariant
- Tavorianvariant
- Tevarusvariant
- Tavarousvariant
- Tavariousvariant
- Tavariusvariant
- Tavarienvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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