67%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English (Modern) Pronounced Pron. TAW-nee [key·IPA] Meaning & History From the English word, ultimately deriving from Old French tané, which means "light brown". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsTahnee, Tawnee, Tawnie PopularityDetails Last ranked #859 in 1989 United States People think this name isRate·Details modern youthful informal common natural wholesome refined strange comedic unintellectual Categories brown, colors, currently out of the US top 1000, English adjectives, English nouns, Frasier characters, orange, word names, yellow