Given name
Tinh
“one who is alert and aware”
Tinh is a variant of Thuc. One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is alert and aware.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tinh is a variant of Thuc. One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is alert and aware.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tinh is a variant of Thuc. An origin associated with Thuc is Vietnamese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tinh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 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 boys is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,724 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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