Tavish
Tavish is a masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of Tàmhas or Tòmas, which is the Scottish Gaelic form of the given name Thomas.
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Tavish
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tavish is a masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of Tàmhas or Tòmas, which is the Scottish Gaelic form of the given name Thomas.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Scottish
The Story of Tavish
American parents first put Tavish on the record books as a baby boy name in 1982, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 35 Tavishs were born — ranking #2,209 that year. About 26% of every Tavish on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Tavish ranks #4,821 for baby boys with 21 births, rising sharply (+18% over the past five years). All told, over 801 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Tavish
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tavish. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Tàmhas
Notable people named Tavish
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- Tavish Finnegan DeGroot: fictional character from the 2007 video game Team Fortress 2
- Tavish Scott (b. 1966): Scottish politician
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About the name Tavish
Tavish is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 801 births in the dataset. Tavish's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #2,209. Use the chart and map above to compare Tavish'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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