Tamana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tuh-MUN-na
- Origin
- Arabic
Tamana is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wish, desire”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tamana mean?
Arabic: spelling of Tamanna; Arabic tamanni 'wish', used via Persian and Urdu
“wish, desire”
Used in Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi families; the word for a wish came into Persian, Urdu and Bengali from Arabic.
Meaning borrowed from Tamanna.
Is Tamana a girl's or a boy's name?
Tamana is a girls' name.
How popular is Tamana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tamana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tamana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
Names like Tamana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hiba, Halima, Aaliyah, Khadija, Amira, Hafsa, Habiba, Madiha, Humaira, Salma, Maliha
Names related to Tamana
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Tamana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tamana, updated 20 October 2026.