Tamati
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Tamati is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 31K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 164K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 242K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 61 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)
≈230 people, est.
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tamati counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 242K | — | Tamati | 6 |
| NZ New Zealand | #931 | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 31K | 12 | Tamati | 61 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 164K | 1 | Tamati | 55 |
| US United States | — | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 46M | — | Tamati | 24 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 14M | 11 | Tamati | 17 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tamati is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In tet, tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum (< Port. tomate)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Swahili, end (conclusion)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Tāmati Wāka Neneb. 1780NZMāori chief
- Hone Harawirab. 1955NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand politician
- Tamati Coffeyb. 1979NZNew Zealand presenter and politician
- Tamati Ellisonb. 1983NZNew Zealand rugby union player
- Tamati Williamsb. 1984NZNew Zealand footballer (born 1984)
- Tamati Clarkeb. 1990NZcricketer
- Tamati Tuab. 1997NZNew Zealand rugby union player
- Tamati Ioaneb. 1997AUAustralian rugby union player
- Tamati RiceNZactor
- Tamati NgakahoNZNgāti Porou carver
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 11 | #134,717 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Tamati a male or female name?
- Tamati is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Tamati?
- In the etymology graph, Thomas, Tomas and Tommy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Tamati have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 234 people named Tamati in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tamati.
- How common is the name Tamati?
- Mondonomo estimates about 230 people in South Africa have Tamati as their first given name, about 1 in 242 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is Tamati compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Tamati is the 931st most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Tamati?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tamatiThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tamati” — the 931st most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.