Given name
Tigris
“the fast one; tiger”
Tigris is used as a given name. One Persian interpretation is “the fast one; tiger.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Persian interpretation is “the fast one; tiger.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2025. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tigris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,055 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,055 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tigris’s family of names
Tigris has a related form in Tiger. Tigris has a related form in Tigrisa. Tigris has a related form in Tigrisia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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