Tanzeel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tan-ZEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Tanzeel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “revelation; sending down”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Tanzeel mean?
Arabic
“revelation; sending down”
Tanzil refers to the sending down of the Qur'an as revelation.
Is Tanzeel a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanzeel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tanzeel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Tanzeel, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1998, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Tanzeel than any year since 2016.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Tanzeel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names like Tanzeel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faisal, Azeem, Qasim, Aamir, Saeed, Hassan, Naeem, Haseeb, Nabil, Humza, Jamal, Fareed
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) 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, “Tanzeel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanzeel, updated 20 October 2026.