Tanzila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tan-ZEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
Tanzila 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 Tanzila mean?
Arabic: variant of Tanzeela, from Arabic tanzil 'revelation'
“revelation, sending down”
Variant of Tanzeela, from the Arabic word tanzil, used especially for the revelation of the Quran.
Is Tanzila a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanzila is a girls' name.
How popular is Tanzila in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tanzila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Tanzila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Tanzila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Salma, Habiba, Anna, Safia, Aysha, Humaira, Samira, Alisha, Faiza, Nafisa, Saba
Names related to Tanzila
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, “Tanzila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanzila, updated 20 October 2026.