Given name
Tiana
“queen of the fairies”·“an aunt”·“daughter born to royalty”
In French use, Tiana is a diminutive of Tatiana. One Slavic interpretation is “queen of the fairies.” Its derivation is not certain. Tiana is a variant of Tia. Interpretations include “an aunt” and “daughter born to royalty”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Tiana is a diminutive of Tatiana. One Slavic interpretation is “queen of the fairies.” Its derivation is not certain. Tiana is a variant of Tia. Interpretations include “an aunt” and “daughter born to royalty”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Tiana is a diminutive of Tatiana. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain. Tiana is a variant of Tia. Tia has been associated with Spanish and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Tiana is a diminutive of Tatiana. In French usage, Tiana is a diminutive of Christiana.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tiana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29,862
- 9 boys · 29,853 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 1,028 babies
- 2025
- 491
- #598 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 491 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 598 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,028 in 1998. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (49). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 23,698 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tiana’s family of names
In French usage, Tiana is a diminutive of Tatiana. Tiana has a related form in Tia. In French usage, Tiana is a diminutive of Christiana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tiana
- Tiana BenjaminBritish actressborn 1984
- Tiana Lemnitzsinger (1897–1994)
- Tiana AlexandraVietnamese-American actressborn 1961
- Tiana Angelina MoserSwiss politicianborn 1979
- Tiana MangakahiaAustralian basketball player (1995–2025)
Characters named Tiana: Tiana (protagonist from Disney's The Princess and the Frog).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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