Given name
Tiia
“an aunt”·“daughter born to royalty”
Tiia 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
Tiia 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
Tiia is a variant of Tia. Tia has been associated with Spanish and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Estonian usage, Tiia is a diminutive of Dorotea.
Tiia’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Tiia is a diminutive of Dorotea. In Finnish usage, Tiia shares a linguistic root with the English form Dorothy. Tiia has a related form in Tia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tiia
- Tiia ReimaFinnish ice hockey player and coachborn 1973
- Tiia HautalaFinnish athletics competitor and coachborn 1972
- Tiia-Ester LoitmeEstonian conductor (born 1933)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Tiia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.