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Tarvaris

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How to Pronounce Tarvaris

Pronounced tar-VAIR-iss /tɑrˈvɛr.ɪs/Low

Meaning: Tarvaris is a modern American coinage in the family of Tavaris, Devarius, and Javaris, joining a Ta(r)- opening with the fashionable -varis ending. Like its cousins it was made for a full, resonant sound rather than a dictionary meaning, so the honest reading is an invented name in a productive late-twentieth-century pattern.Low

In 30 seconds: Tarvaris is a rare American coinage in the Tavaris and Devarius family, joining Ta(r)- with a -varis ending. Made for sound, it peaked around 1979 (said tar-VAIR-iss).

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MeaningTarvaris is a modern American coinage in the family of Tavaris, Devarius, and Javaris, joining a Ta(r)- opening with the fashionable -varis ending. Like its cousins it was made for a full, resonant sound rather than a dictionary meaning, so the honest reading is an invented name in a productive late-twentieth-century pattern.

U.S. rank (2009)#14253 ↘ Falling

2009 U.S. births5 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)

Peak year1979

Total births (all-time)≈ 107

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Tarvaris is a coinage of its era, built from a Ta(r)- opening and the -varis ending shared with Tavaris and Devarius. We read it honestly as a sound-first name: neither part carries a separate dictionary root here, and the appeal was a strong, three-beat rhythm favored in African American naming.

Tarvaris was never common, given to only about fourteen boys a year around 1979 and staying rare, though the quarterback Tarvaris Jackson later lent it visibility. A man named Tarvaris is in his mid-forties today, born in the first wave of the -varis creations.

Did you know? A recognizable bearer is Tarvaris Jackson, an NFL quarterback of the two-thousands and twenty-tens, which kept the spelling visible on sports pages.

Overall data confidence 34%

References - Tarvaris — Coinage Ta(r)- + -varis (Tavaris/Devarius family); bearer Tarvaris Jackson NFL QB; peaked 1979.

Variations

TavarisTavariusTarvarusTarvarris

Nicknames

TarVicTJ

Famous Bearers

★Tarvaris Jackson (1983-2020)
American football quarterback who played in the NFL for the Vikings, Seahawks, and Bills

If you like Tarvaris…

Tavaris— the close sister spelling of the same name

Devarius— a cousin sharing the -varis ending

Javaris— another like coinage in the family

Antwan— a comparable respelled boy's name of the era

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Tarvaris mean?

It is a modern American coinage joining a Ta(r)- opening with the -varis ending seen in Tavaris and Devarius; the sound was the point.

How do you pronounce Tarvaris?

It is said tar-VAIR-iss /tɑrˈvɛr.ɪs/ - three syllables, stress on the middle.

Is Tarvaris a boy or girl name?

Tarvaris is used as a boy's name.

How popular is Tarvaris?

It was always rare, given to only about fourteen boys a year at its peak in the late nineteen-seventies.