Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tiiu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tiiu’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Tiiu has a conventional equivalent in the English form Dorothy. In Estonian usage, Tiiu has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dorota. In Estonian usage, Tiiu has a related form in Tiia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tiiu has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tiiu
- Tiiu KuikEstonian model (born 1987)
- Tiiu KirsipuuEstonian sculptor (born 1957)
- Tiiu KullEstonian botanist (born 1958)
- Tiiu NurmbergEstonian-Canadian alpine skier (born 1982)
- Tiiu ParmasEstonian tennis player and coach (1943-2011)
- Tiiu EreltEstonian linguist (born 1942)
- Tiiu MärssEstonian paleontologist (born 1943)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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