Given name & surname
Tavi
“one who is well-behaved”·“a good man”
Tavi is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is well-behaved” (Aramaic) and “a good man” (Aramaic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is well-behaved” (Aramaic) and “a good man” (Aramaic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Aramaic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tavi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 346
- 162 boys · 184 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #8,179 for boys · #13,064 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,179 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 40.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 434 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.
Tavi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Tavi has a conventional equivalent in the German form David. Tavi has a related form in Tavish. Tavi has a related form in Tavie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tavi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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