Taisia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ta-EE-see-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Taisia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Taisia mean?
Greek: Russian and Ukrainian form of Thaisia, from Greek Thais
Honours Saint Thais of Egypt, a penitent whose legend inspired Massenet's opera Thais.
Is Taisia a girl's or a boy's name?
Taisia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taisia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Taisia, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 8 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Taisia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Taisia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
Nicknames for Taisia
- Taya 21 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Taisia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ophelia, Thea, Sophia, Aria, Penelope, Emilia, Arabella, Aurelia, Athena, Ariana, Maria, Eliana
Names related to Taisia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Taisia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taisia, updated 20 October 2026.