Tanzeela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tan-ZEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
Tanzeela is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “revelation, sending down”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tanzeela mean?
Arabic: from Arabic tanzil 'revelation'
“revelation, sending down”
From the Arabic word tanzil, used especially for the revelation of the Quran.
Is Tanzeela a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanzeela is a girls' name.
How popular is Tanzeela in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tanzeela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Tanzeela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
Names like Tanzeela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Salma, Habiba, Faiza, Aysha, Safia, Humaira, Samira, Nafisa, Alisha, Saba, Sabiha, Jessica
Names related to Tanzeela
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, “Tanzeela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanzeela, updated 20 October 2026.