Tinashe
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- tee-NAH-sheh
Tinashe is a name, meaning “God is with us”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tinashe mean?
Shona, containing Ishe 'Lord'
“God is with us”
A Shona name from Zimbabwe, containing Ishe, the Shona word for Lord.
Is Tinashe a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Tinashe has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.
How popular is Tinashe in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tinashe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 36% of the babies named Tinashe in the UK were girls.
Tinashe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names related to Tinashe
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, “Tinashe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tinashe, updated 20 October 2026.