Tauras
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOW-rahs
- Origin
- Baltic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Tauras is a boys' name of Baltic origin, meaning “aurochs, wild bull”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Tauras mean?
Baltic: Lithuanian word
“aurochs, wild bull”
Tauras is the Lithuanian word for the aurochs, the extinct wild ox long seen as a symbol of strength.
Is Tauras a girl's or a boy's name?
Tauras is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tauras in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Tauras, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tauras in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Tauras in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
Names like Tauras
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Tauras
More Baltic names
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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, “Tauras: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tauras, updated 20 October 2026.