Given name & surname
Tejas
“a lustrous man; brilliance; splendor”
Tejas is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a lustrous man; brilliance; splendor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a lustrous man; brilliance; splendor.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tejas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,473
- 1,473 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 77 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #2,933 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,933 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 77 in 2013. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,349 as a first name in 2020; 177 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.
Tejas’s family of names
Tejas has a related form in Tejes. Tejas has a related form in Tejus.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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