Entry № 10356 · Swahili origin

Taraji Taraji — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TAH-rah-jee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Swahili
Meaning
"Hope (Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures + Empire)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Swahili)

A name that means "hope (taraji p. henson, hidden figures + empire)".

Taraji is from the Swahili taraji ("hope, expectation"). Taraji P. Person of Interest (2011-2013), Acrimony (2018).

Hope. Taraji P.

The name in its native script.

Taraji
Transliteration
Taraji
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɑːr.ə.dʒi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Taraji stands.

Taraji 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.

Tarajis before her.

Real people
Taraji P. Henson
American Oscar-nominated actress.
born 1970
In fiction
Cookie Lyon
Empire.
2015
Katherine Johnson
Hidden Figures.
2016

Names connected to Taraji.

The number behind Taraji.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Taraji reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.