Names of Tuvalu TV
Names in Tuvalu are recorded in English and tvl, with a given name followed by an inherited family name.
Written in English, tvl.
- Population
- 11K
- Official registers
- 2
At least one official register, plus a written account of the naming system.
The account of the naming system rests on encyclopaedia and genealogy sources; it has not yet been checked against onomastic literature.
How names work in Tuvalu
2 naming traditions are in use in Tuvalu, listed in the order of the country's languages. They are separate systems, not variants of one, and each has its own page.
The most common names in Tuvalu
Registers & sources
Official registers
- The article provides insights into Tuvaluan surnames, their meanings, and cultural significance, published by the Tuvalu2026not a population count
surnam.es. Counts: not recorded. surname. 98 forms. 2026. Licence: unknown.
What we know about this register
Auto-discovered via Firecrawl. The article provides insights into Tuvaluan surnames, their meanings, and cultural significance, published by the Tuvalu National Statistics Office.
Last verified 2026-05-11.
- This page contains a list of Tuvalu baby names categorized by gender and alphabet, published by AngelsName.2023not a population count
angelsname.com. Counts: not recorded. given. 6 forms. 2023. Licence: unknown.
What we know about this register
Auto-discovered via Firecrawl. This page contains a list of Tuvalu baby names categorized by gender and alphabet, published by AngelsName.
Last verified 2026-05-11.
Cited works
Behind this page's own account — its one-line answer, its explanation of why the rankings differ, and the notes on its registers. Each naming tradition cites its own sources on its page. Not yet checked against onomastic literature.
- "Casting off Cook"web
- Cook Islands Māoriencyclopaedia
- Niue, London Missionary Society Register of Membersgenealogy
- Niuean languageencyclopaedia
- Samoa Naming Customsgenealogy
- surnam.es/cook-islandsweb
- surnam.es/tokelau-islandsweb
- surnam.es/tuvaluweb
- Tokelauan languageencyclopaedia
- Tuvaluan languageencyclopaedia
About this data
Official figures are reproduced from the register named beside them, at the year named beside them, and are never combined across registers. The "across all records" ranking counts records in our own corpus — historical registers, the diaspora, business and place records — and is not a population count. Bearer estimates are omitted where a name accounts for more than a quarter of a country's records, because the estimate is not defensible there. Names listed by reference works and licensed name dictionaries are cited as attesting a name; their figures are not published.
Data snapshot: 2026-09-12.
Questions
- Is there one naming system in Tuvalu?
- No — 2 are described on this page (Western Polynesian Outlier, British), and they are separate systems rather than variants of one.
Cite this page: Mondonomo, “Names of Tuvalu”, https://nelma.mondonomo.ai/names/TV (data snapshot 2026-09-12).