Given name
Tharon
“a great hunter”
Tharon is a variant of Theron. One Greek interpretation is “a great hunter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tharon is a variant of Theron. One Greek interpretation is “a great hunter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tharon is a variant of Theron. An origin associated with Theron is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tharon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 650
- 483 boys · 167 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 32 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 7 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 491 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.
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.
People named Tharon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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