Tirzah Forename

186,604th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,697 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Tirzah Forename Definition:

A female name. Hebrew Tirzah ‘pleasantness’, a name which occurs in a genealogy in the Book of Numbers. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says this ‘was probably the origin of Thirza, the name of Abel’s wife in Gessner’s idyll of The Death of Abel, a great favourite among the lower classes in England, whence Thyrza has become rather a favourite in English cottages’.

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Tirzah Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
8211:441,58012,146
Israel
100%
2411:34,8672,551
Brazil
100%
1171:1,831,07839,735
Netherlands
100%
911:185,7377,248
Indonesia-821:3,145,898142,337
Suriname-661:8,3761,618
Nigeria
100%
401:4,439,10968,387
Canada-381:871,93118,448
Zambia-271:587,21512,545
Philippines
100%
251:4,240,37976,922
South Africa
100%
251:2,181,30662,942
England
100%
191:2,926,47032,508
India
100%
131:93,452,1521,297,197
Honduras
100%
111:801,5889,931
Kenya-71:6,615,30131,578
Ecuador-61:2,954,48613,743
Thailand
50%
 
51:14,013,163173,193
Germany
100%
41:24,169,46959,466
Peru
100%
41:7,947,86448,688
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
Mexico
100%
41:31,036,10761,748
Denmark-31:1,883,16617,701
Trinidad and Tobago-31:453,80618,410
China-31:455,351,92789,064
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Northern Ireland
100%
21:921,5733,058
Belize
100%
21:177,1545,935
France-21:33,235,17058,100
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Cape Verde
100%
11:529,1516,361
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Niger
100%
11:19,183,99477,442
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167

The alternate forms: Tírzah (1) & Tirzáh (1) are calculated separately.

Tirzah (47) may also be a surname.

Tirzah Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Hebrew Tirzah ‘pleasantness’, a name which occurs in a genealogy in the Book of Numbers. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says this ‘was probably the origin of Thirza, the name of Abel’s wife in Gessner’s idyll of The Death of Abel, a great favourite among the lower classes in England, whence Thyrza has become rather a favourite in English cottages’.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Hebrew (feminine) - Beautiful.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Tir'-zah, benevolent, pleasant. 1. A daughter of Zelophehad. Num. xxvi. 33. 2. A city in the tribe of Ephraim, which was the royal seat of the kings of the ten tribes till the building of Samaria. 2 Kings xv. 14, 16.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: she will delight.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Tirzah Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tírzah941/
Tirzáh941/
Thirzah9237/
Tierzah9213/
Tirtzah929/
Tirzaha921/
Tirza918,420/
Thirza832,318/
Tirzsa8383/
Tirtza8383/
Tierza8376/
Terzah8329/
Teirza839/
Turzah836/
Tyrzah834/
Tirhza833/
Tirrza833/
Tihrza832/
Tairza831/
Tircah831/
Tirzau831/
Tirzoh831/
Turziah7732/
Tirtsah775/
Tirizuh774/
Thirtza773/
Thirzay772/
Thirzha772/
Thierza771/
Thirzaa771/
Tiertza771/
Tierzha771/
Thurzah771/
Thirrza771/
Tertzah771/
Thairza771/
Terczah771/
Theirza771/
Tirzo733,529/
Terza73348/
Turza7323/
Tirca7316/
Tirzá732/
Tirça731/
Thyrza67311/
Thurza67231/
Tircia67207/
Tirtsa67107/
Therza6748/
Tearza6730/
Tircho6711/
Tircha678/
Thirzo675/
Terzaa673/
Teerza672/
Thirca672/
Terrza672/
Terzea672/
Terzha672/
Tercza672/
Tyrtza671/
Tairca671/
Tairça671/
Thirzá671/
Tirzeu671/

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