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Tawania
How to Pronounce Tawania
Pronounced tah-WAH-nee-uh /tɑːˈwɑːniə/Medium
Meaning: Tawania is a modern coined name that joins the favored prefix Ta- with a -wania ending. It echoes Tawana and Wanda, names in wide use in the mid-twentieth century. Its charm is its rolling rhythm rather than a set dictionary meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Tawania is a coined American name from the tradition of joining a favored prefix, Ta-, to a flowing ending. It draws on Tawana and on Wanda, a Slavic-rooted name that was popular in the mid-twentieth century. Names of this shape were especially inventive in African-American naming of the era.
Tawania was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the mid-nineteen-seventies, and it faded within a decade or two. A girl named Tawania then is in her early fifties today.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Tawania mean?
It is a modern coinage from Ta- and -wania, echoing Tawana and Wanda, more sound than fixed meaning.
How do you pronounce Tawania?
It is said tah-WAH-nee-uh, four syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Tawania a boy or girl name?
Tawania is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Tawania?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the mid-nineteen-seventies.