Tanvir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TUN-veer
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Tanvir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “illumination, enlightenment”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Tanvir mean?
Arabic: Arabic tanwir, used across South Asia
“illumination, enlightenment”
Also spelled Tanveer; a Muslim name used in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.
Is Tanvir a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanvir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tanvir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Tanvir, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1997, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tanvir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2009, 26% of the babies named Tanvir in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Tanvir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 22 | #891 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 23 | #760 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Tanvir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Tanvir, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Tanvir in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tanvir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Tanvir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurveer Aarav Yuvraj Rajveer Ravi Prithvi Pranav Avi Shivam Veer Manveer Dhruv
Names related to Tanvir
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), 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, “Tanvir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanvir, updated 20 October 2026.