Given name & surname
Tiras
“but perhaps desire”·“fragmentizer or moisturizer”
Tiras is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewתירס
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Tiras is thought to mean “but perhaps desire” or “fragmentizer or moisturizer.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Tiras is a biblical name, probably from Hebrew.
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How it developed
Possibly from the Hebrew verb rasas (רסס), “to moisten or to fragment.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Tiras appears in Genesis 10:2.
From biblical name research
Tiras through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 207
- 207 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 10 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 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 190 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.
Tiras’s family of names
Tiras may belong to the same name family as TIRRAS. This is a tentative spelling connection.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Tiras, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
Ahijah
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>99% boys
Nahshon
“serpent” · “bronze”
>99% boys