Tantu

given name · Latin script

Meaning: 1. - mold. (Arh) ; -1 izbasa (BCI VII 52)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/təntu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Tantu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 1.1M(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 1.9M
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 4.4M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Tantu itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈140 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
47 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

TantuLatin(measured from records)
তন্তBengali(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

1. - mold. (Arh) ; -1 izbasa (BCI VII 52). 2. Tanta vataman (Sur III) ; Oprea Tanlei (Gorj 164). Cf. Tzantzas, se! bizantin la 837 (Sincai I). 3. Tenfui (Sd X). 4. Ten /ea act. 4. Tinfu (Arh). 6. Tanfoiu, Cr. (Schei I). 7. Tint, Ion (chei III).

Sources 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tantu 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.

Where Tantu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh≈140 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Tantu4
ID Indonesia≈140 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Tantu47
MY Malaysia≈7 est.≈1 in 4.4M—Tantu7
SE Sweden11 in 10M40——
US United States≈1 est.≈1 in 234MlistedTantu16
GY Guyana1as Tonto1 in 750K1——

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: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Tantu is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Ţânţu, Țânțu, Țanțu

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Tan-Tu, Tântu

  • Amharic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, India

    Also written ታንቱ

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Tantu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • a son of Visvamitra (M)

    as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

  • In pi, thread, cord, string, wire

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In nij, certain, true, known

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Asturian, as much; as many

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In fax, so much, so many

    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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Tantu जी,Hi Tantu, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

Where does the name Tantu come from?
1. - mold. (Arh) ; -1 izbasa (BCI VII 52). 2. Tanta vataman (Sur III) ; Oprea Tanlei (Gorj 164). Cf. Tzantzas, se! bizantin la 837 (Sincai I). 3. Tenfui (Sd X). 4. Ten /ea act. 4. Tinfu (Arh). 6. Recorded by Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc.
How do you pronounce Tantu?
A machine transcription gives /təntu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Tantu a male or female name?
Tantu is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Tantu mean?
Recorded meaning: 1. - mold. (Arh) ; -1 izbasa (BCI VII 52).
In which country does Tantu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 144 people named Tantu in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tantu.
How common is the name Tantu?
In Sweden, the national register counted 1 people named Tantu, about 1 in 10 million residents.

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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, “Tantu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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