Tabassum
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tuh-BUS-um
- Origin
- Arabic
Tabassum is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “smile”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tabassum mean?
Arabic: from Arabic tabassum
“smile”
Is Tabassum a girl's or a boy's name?
Tabassum is a girls' name.
How popular is Tabassum in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tabassum in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Tabassum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Tabassum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safia, Habiba, Faiza, Tasnim, Saba, Farah, Hibah, Aakifah, Sabiha, Salma, Humaira, Fariha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tabassum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tabassum, updated 20 October 2026.