Tanyaradzwa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-nyah-RAH-dzwah
Tanyaradzwa is a girls' name, meaning “we have been comforted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tanyaradzwa mean?
Shona, from kunyaradza 'to comfort'
“we have been comforted”
A Shona name from Zimbabwe, from the verb kunyaradza, to comfort.
Is Tanyaradzwa a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanyaradzwa is a girls' name.
How popular is Tanyaradzwa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tanyaradzwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tanyaradzwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
Nicknames for Tanyaradzwa
- Tanya 12 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Tanyaradzwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Summer, Aaliyah, Amina, Humaira, Salma, Habiba, Iqra, Samira, Alisha, Areeba, Faiza
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, “Tanyaradzwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanyaradzwa, updated 20 October 2026.