Given name
Tinashe
“one who is with the Lord”
Tinashe is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “one who is with the Lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who is with the Lord.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tinashe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 5 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 8 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 girls is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 203 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.
Tinashe’s family of names
Tinashe has a related form in Tinashea. Tinashe has a related form in Tinashee. Tinashe has a related form in Tinashey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tinashe
- TinasheAmerican singer, actress, and dancer (born 1993)
- Tinashe NengomashaZimbabwean footballerborn 1982
- Tinashe PanyangaraZimbabwean cricketerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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