Thamanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tuh-MUN-na
- Origin
- Arabic
Thamanna is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wish, desire”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Thamanna mean?
Arabic: variant of Tamanna, Arabic tamanni 'wish', used via Persian and Urdu
“wish, desire”
Variant of Tamanna; the word for a wish came into Persian, Urdu and Bengali from Arabic.
Is Thamanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Thamanna is a girls' name.
How popular is Thamanna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 8 girls.
Thamanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Thamanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca, Eleanor, Sabrina, Emma, Aysha, Lydia, Sabiha, Helena, Nafisa, Anna, Alisha, Victoria
Names related to Thamanna
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, “Thamanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thamanna, updated 20 October 2026.