Taliesin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tal-YES-in
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Taliesin is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “shining brow”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Taliesin mean?
Welsh: from tal, brow, and iesin, shining
“shining brow”
Taliesin was a 6th-century Welsh poet, later a legendary figure, whose verse survives in the medieval Book of Taliesin.
Is Taliesin a girl's or a boy's name?
Taliesin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taliesin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Taliesin, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 17 boys.
2025 had more boys named Taliesin than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Taliesin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Taliesin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Taliesin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Taliesin, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Taliesin in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taliesin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Taliesin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Taliesin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taliesin, updated 20 October 2026.