Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tiffani isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tiffani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,919
- 0 boys · 14,919 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 643 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #13,076 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,076 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 54.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 643 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,572 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.
Tiffani’s family of names
Tiffani may belong to the same name family as TIFFANNI. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tiffani
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Tiffani, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Tomi
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6% boys · 94% girls
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14% boys · 86% girls
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>99% girls
Tia
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Tommi
Tommi is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Finnish.
2% boys · 98% girls
Terra
“goddess of the earth; the land itself”
>99% girls
Stephany
“crowned in victory”
>99% girls
Lani
“from the sky; one who is heavenly” · “a servant”
1% boys · 99% girls