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Tawnee

Girl · TAW-nee · English

Tawnee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “golden-brown; tan”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Tawnee mean?

English: spelling of Tawny; English colour word, from Anglo-Norman

“golden-brown; tan”

From Anglo-Norman tauné, 'tanned', the colour of tanned leather.

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TAW-nee

Meaning borrowed from Tawny.

Is Tawnee a girl's or a boy's name?

Tawnee is a girls' name.

How popular is Tawnee in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.

Half of all the girls named Tawnee in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.

1960Busiest: 51 in 19902013
Tawnee in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20139#10,995
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20085#17,498
20075#17,630
20065#17,163
20055#16,455
20048#11,617
200311#9,043
20020–
200111#8,751
20008#10,738
199914#6,830
199817#5,794
199717#5,622
199625#4,179
199526#3,964
199430#3,610
199330#3,580
199227#3,860
199132#3,363
199051#2,397
198949#2,366
198846#2,364
198738#2,610
198624#3,552
198529#3,083
198416#4,477
198316#4,475
198215#4,714
198113#5,253
198019#3,991
19797#8,059
197813#4,931
19776#8,442
197613#4,612
19757#7,171
197410#5,359
197310#5,189
19728#5,957
197118#3,507
197019#3,311
19699#5,056
19680–
19675#6,803
19660–
19655#6,538
19649#4,635
19636#5,890
196212#3,781
196113#3,607
19607#5,167

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