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Across the world, Tanta (Amita
, Tante
, Tanta
) is a widespread largely girly, but seldom male forename. The first name Tanta is habitual in India, where it is quite a common dominantly female, but seldom male name, Romania, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely boy's name, and Mauritius, where it is quite a rare feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Indonesia, and Romania. Much less frequently, Tanta is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Amita | Philippines, India, Nepal, Indonesia, United States |
| Tante | Philippines, India, Indonesia, United States, Peru |
| Tanta | Philippines, India, Indonesia, Peru, Romania |
Tanta is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Tanta Hornblower , the Middle-earth; Amita Ramanujan , the character in the CBS crime drama Numb3rs, Numbers; Tante Sidonia , the comics character, Spike and Suzy; Tante Léonie , the character in À la recherche du temps perdu, In Search of Lost Time and Tante Ulrikke , character in Tante Ulrikke, and in many other works.