Given name & surname
Tina
Tina is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the river; also shortened torm of names ending in -tina.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the river; also shortened torm of names ending in -tina.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Tina is used as a shortened form of Christina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 293,050
- 904 boys · 292,146 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 14,819 babies
- 2025
- 61
- #2,815 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 61 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,815 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14,772 in 1968. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 253,384 as a first name in 2020; 398 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.
Tina’s family of names
In German usage, Tina is a diminutive of Christina. In English usage, Tina has a related form in Teena. In Norwegian usage, Tina is a short form of Christina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tina has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Englishwhere Tina comes from · 8 names
Nicknames & forms 30
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Valentinafull form · Asturian
- Christinafull form · English, Norwegian
- Martinafull form · English, Swedish
- Cristinafull form · Asturian
- Kristinafull form · Swedish, German
- Celestinafull form · English, Asturian
- Faustinafull form · Asturian
- Katharinafull form · German
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- Florentinafull form · Asturian
- Clementinafull form · English, Asturian
- Bettinafull form · German, Danish
- Ernestinafull form · English, Asturian
- Tenavariant
- Albertinafull form · English, Swedish
- Teenavariant · English
- Tinnavariant · Faroese, Icelandic
- Teanavariant
- Tynavariant
- Diamantinafull form · Asturian
- Constantinafull form · Asturian
- Tinevariant · German, Norwegian
- Tintindiminutive · ceb
- Teynavariant
- Tinahvariant
- Kaourantinafull form · Breton
- Kaourintinafull form · Breton
- Xuventinafull form · Asturian
- Xustinafull form · Asturian
- Lleontinafull form · Asturian
- Llorentinafull form · Asturian
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Elizabethequivalent
- Isabelleequivalent
- Isabelequivalent
- Izabellaequivalent
- Elisabethequivalent
- Bettyequivalent
- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
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- Betsyequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- Izabelaequivalent
- Lieslequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- Trinaequivalent
- Elisabetequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- Elisabettaequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Liisaequivalent
- TiinaFinnish
- Eskeequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Erzsébetequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elżbietaequivalent
- Alžbětaequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Ísabellaequivalent
- ТинаRussian
- ThinaDanish
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Tina
- Tina TurnerAmerican-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
- Tina MazeSlovenian alpine skierborn 1983
- Tina KarolUkrainian singer, actress, television presenterborn 1985
- Twinkle KhannaIndian author, interior designerborn 1974
- Tina TrstenjakSlovenian judokaborn 1990
- Tina ModottiItalian photographer, activist and actress (1896–1942)
- Tina AumontFrench actress (1946–2006)
- Tina WeiratherLiechtensteiner alpine skierborn 1989
- Tina SmithUnited States Senator from Minnesotaborn 1958
Characters named Tina: Tina Cohen-Chang (the Fox series Glee), Tina Armstrong (Dead or Alive).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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