Thierno
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TYER-noh
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Thierno is a boys' name, meaning “learned Islamic teacher”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Thierno mean?
Fula (Fulani) title from Guinea and Senegal
“learned Islamic teacher”
Among the Fula of West Africa it is a title for a religious scholar, also given as a first name.
Is Thierno a girl's or a boy's name?
Thierno is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thierno in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.
Thierno in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Thierno in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Thierno, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Thierno in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thierno in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Thierno
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Thierno
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Thierno: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thierno, updated 20 October 2026.