Given name & surname · also Scottish
Tavish
“a twin”·“from the hillside”
Tavish is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a twin” and “from the hillside”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a twin” and “from the hillside”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Scottish and Irish naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tavish through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 785
- 780 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,840 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,840 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 635 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.
Tavish’s family of names
Tavish has a related form in Tavis. Tavish has a related form in Tevis. Tavish has a related form in Tavi.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tavivariant
- Tavisvariant
- Taveyvariant
- Tavyvariant
- Tavievariant
- Tevisvariant
- Mactavishvariant · English
- Taveavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tavish
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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