Entry № 10331 · Sanskrit origin

Tanu Tanu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TAH-noo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Body / slender"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "body / slender".

Tanu is from the Sanskrit Tanu.

Body / slender — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

तनु
Transliteration
Tanu
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɑː.nu /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tanu stands.

Tanu does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Tanus before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sankhya / Pancha Kosha
Sanskrit body slender + Sankhya philosophy + Patanjali Yoga + Pancha Kosha five sheaths + Annamaya + Pranamaya + Manomaya + Vijnanamaya + Anandamaya + Taittiriya Upanishad
Hindu metaphysics

Names connected to Tanu.

The number behind Tanu.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tanu reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.