Given name & surname
Tiffany
“manifestation of God”
Tiffany is a form of Theophania. One Greek interpretation is “manifestation of God.”
Original GreekΘεοφανώ
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Tiffany carries the interpretation “manifestation of God.” Tiffany is a form of Theophania. One Greek interpretation is “manifestation of God.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Tiffany is used as a form of Theophania.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tiffany through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 340,054
- 1,190 boys · 338,864 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 18,435 babies
- 2025
- 304
- #880 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 304 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 880 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18,364 in 1988. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (48). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 293,280 as a first name in 2020; 4,572 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tiffany’s family of names
In English usage, Tiffany has a diminutive in TIFF. In English usage, Tiffany shares an earlier linguistic root with THEOPHANY. Tiffany has a related form in Tiffanie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tiffany has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
21 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 28
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tifffanylikely variant
- Tiffanyelikely variant
- Tiffannylikely variant
- Tiffannielikely variant
- Tiffydiminutive · English, German
- Tiphanievariant
- Tiphanyvariant
- Tifannyvariant
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- Tyffanivariant
- Tyfanivariant
- Tiffneyvariant
- Tiffenyvariant
- Tifanievariant
- Tifanivariant
- Tifaneevariant
- Tifanyvariant
- Tiffaneevariant
- Tiffanievariant
- Tiffaneyvariant
- Tiffinvariant · English
- Tiphdiminutive · English
- Typhdiminutive · English
- Tiffdiminutive · English
- Tifaneavariant
- Tiffaneavariant
- Tyfannivariant
- Tyfanyvariant
- Tifaneyvariant
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tiffany
- Tiffany TrumpAmerican socialite, research assistant and reality television personality (born 1993)
- Tiffany YoungSouth Korean-American singer, actress and modelborn 1989
- Tiffany ThorntonAmerican actressborn 1986
- Tiffany HaddishAmerican comedian and actress (born 1979)
- Tiffany DarwishAmerican singerborn 1971
- Tiffany AlvordAmerican singer and songwriterborn 1992
- Tiffany StrattonAmerican professional wrestlerborn 1999
- Blu CantrellAmerican singer and songwriterborn 1976
- Tiffany PorterBritish hurdlerborn 1987
Characters named Tiffany: Tiffany Valentine (fictional character of the Child's Play franchise), Tiffany Aching (Discworld), Tiffany Case (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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