Taliesin

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Taliesin

Welsh bard

Choose Taliesin and your child shares a first name with Taliesin, a Welsh bard. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Taliesin, like who?” Taliesin's Wikipedia article is available in 26 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 156,250 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Taliesin, 11 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Taliesin would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryTaliesin first shows up in US birth records in 1993, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 32 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2021, when it reached #4,362.
• 🍂TrendTaliesin has slipped 1,743 places over the last five years and now sits at #7,194. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningIn Welsh, Taliesin means “shining brow”. Our records link it to Celtic, English and Welsh roots.

About the name Taliesin

Taliesin is a boy name of Celtic, English and Welsh origin meaning “shining brow”. It has 8 letters and 3 syllables, starting with T and ending in “-sin”. US birth records list Taliesin for boys from 1993 to 2025, in 29 of those 33 years. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked #4,362 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #7,194, with 11 babies.

Origin:Celtic namesEnglish namesWelsh names