Tauriel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TOR-ee-el
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Tauriel is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “forest daughter”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Tauriel mean?
Modern: Tolkien-style Elvish name made for Peter Jackson's Hobbit films
“forest daughter”
Tauriel is a Silvan elf invented for the Hobbit films; she does not appear in Tolkien's book.
Is Tauriel a girl's or a boy's name?
Tauriel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tauriel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Tauriel, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 2014.
2025 had the fewest girls named Tauriel since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the girls named Tauriel in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tauriel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
Names like Tauriel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daleyza, Wrenley, Oaklynn, Cataleya, Emberly, Analeia, Elowyn, Ailany, Jovie, Haisley, Everly, Marigold
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Mya, Ailani, Kayson
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tauriel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tauriel, updated 20 October 2026.