Boy
Tayfun
Tayfun is a Turkish boys’ name meaning typhoon, with associations of speed and strength.
Meaning
Tayfun refers to a typhoon, a powerful tropical storm. As a name, it carries associations of speed and strength drawn from that natural event.
Origin
Used as a masculine name in Turkish, Tayfun comes from the Turkish word for typhoon. Some sources trace the word’s roots to Chinese.
In recent years
Tayfun was among the most chosen names for a time, appearing in six earlier top-hundred lists and reaching a peak rank of 57. It does not appear in the latest official top-hundred list.
Letters6
Syllables2
InitialsT
Rank—on 6 lists in the past
How does it look on a plaque?
Tayfun would look lovely on a simple wooden name plaque, with the baby’s birth date set beneath it.
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