Taliq
The taʿlīq script is a calligraphic hand in Islamic calligraphy typically used for official documents written in Persian. Literally meaning hanging or suspended script it emerged in the mid‑13th century CE and was widely used, especially in chanceries of Iranian states, although from the early 16th century onward it lost ground to another hanging script, the increasingly popular nastaliq.
Meaning & Origin of Taliq
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The taʿlīq script is a calligraphic hand in Islamic calligraphy typically used for official documents written in Persian. Literally meaning hanging or suspended script it emerged in the mid‑13th century CE and was widely used, especially in chanceries of Iranian states, although from the early 16th century onward it lost ground to another hanging script, the increasingly popular nastaliq.
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The Story of Taliq
The earliest SSA record of Taliq as a baby boy name dates back to 1996, when 5 babies received it. 2000 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Taliq — #6,839 in the national rankings. About 77% of every Taliq on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Taliq last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 44 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Taliq
Taliq is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 44 births in the dataset. Taliq's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #6,839. Use the chart and map above to compare Taliq's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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