Tinotenda
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tee-noh-TEN-dah
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Tinotenda is a boys' name, meaning “we give thanks”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Tinotenda mean?
Shona (Zimbabwe)
“we give thanks”
A Shona name from Zimbabwe expressing thanks to God for the child, often shortened to Tino.
Is Tinotenda a girl's or a boy's name?
Tinotenda is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tinotenda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Tinotenda, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 boys.
2025 had more boys named Tinotenda than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Tinotenda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2012, 46% of the babies named Tinotenda in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Tinotenda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
Nicknames for Tinotenda
- Tino 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tinotenda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Inioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Chukwuebuka, Leon, Enioluwa, Emmanuel, Tobechukwu, Alfie, Ayomide, Tobenna
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, “Tinotenda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tinotenda, updated 20 October 2026.