Tawny is from the Anglo-French *tané* — "golden-brown, the color of tanned leather." Adopted as a feminine given name in mid-20th-century America. **A top-500 US baby name from 1976 to 1992**. **Tawny Kitaen (1961-2021)** — American actress and model; defined the 1980s music-video era through her appearances dancing on the hoods of Jaguars in Whitesnake videos "Here I Go Again," "Is This Love," and "Still of the Night"; *Bachelor Party* (1984), *Witchboard* (1986). **Tawny Cypress (born 1976)** — **American actress; plays adult Taissa Turner on Showtime's *Yellowjackets* (2021-present), one of the most-acclaimed psychological-thriller series of the 2020s — the show received the Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Drama Series and Cypress earned widespread praise for her performance**. **Tawny Newsome** — American actress and comedian; *Star Trek: Lower Decks* (2020-2024) voice cast; *Space Force* (2020-2022). **Tawny Welch** — American model; daughter of Raquel Welch. **"Tawny"** is also a popular variant alongside Tawnee and Tawney, all peaking in the mid-1980s era of Tara, Tracy, and Tonya. The name has had a quiet 2020s comeback through *Yellowjackets* and the broader vintage-1980s revival.
Featured throughout 1980s-2020s American TV.
Tawny reduces to seven — the number of Yellowjackets.