Tanvir

given name · Latin script

Meaning: illumination; blossoming

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

Tanvir is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country, where it is the 39th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 555(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 328K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 1.3Kas Tanveer

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 Tanvir 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)

≈290,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
202 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 555 (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

TanveerLatin(measured from records)
তানভীরBengali(measured from records)

Locally spelled Tanveer in PK Pakistan.

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)

illumination; blossoming

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tanvir 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 Tanvir is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh#39≈290,000 est.≈1 in 555487Tanvir140
PK Pakistan#26≈180,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K1Tanveer121
SA Saudi Arabia—≈5,500 est.≈1 in 6.3K—Tanvir28
CN China—≈5,400 est.≈1 in 258K—Tanvir6
AE United Arab Emirates—≈2,800 est.≈1 in 3.6K—Tanvir26
US United States—1,0131 in 328K862Tanvir202
BH Bahrain#664≈350 est.≈1 in 4.4K—Tanvir8

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: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) — Form-33 List of Contesting Candidates, 2018 General Election; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Bangladeshi name database containing surnames and first names categorized by gender and frequency.. 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)

Tanvir is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Tanvīr

  • Thai given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, India, United States, Malaysia

    Also written Tanuan, Tanwee, ตนุวร, ตินวร, Tanwin

  • Swedish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark, United States, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Tãñvïr, Ťâñvîŕ, Tanvïr

  • Estonian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, Finland, India

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Tänvîr, Ťąňvíŕ

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)

Tanvir is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, 5 (fanweer) (5.55): illumination, blossoming

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

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)

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 39 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Tanvir
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020238#84,785
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010154#113,791
PK PakistanElection Commission of Pakistan (ECP) — Form-33 List of Contesting Candidates, 2018 General Election20181#996
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

What does the name Tanvir mean, and where does it come from?
illumination; blossoming Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
Is Tanvir a male or female name?
Tanvir 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.
In which country does Tanvir have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 293 thousand people named Tanvir in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tanvir.
How common is the name Tanvir?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,013 people named Tanvir in 2020, about 1 in 328 thousand residents.
How common is Tanvir compared with other names?
In Bangladesh, Tanvir is the 39th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.

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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, “Tanvir” — the 39th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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