Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Tiny is an affectionate form of Martinus. In Dutch usage, Tiny is an affectionate form of Martijn.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tiny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,248
- 161 boys · 2,087 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 69 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 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 58 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,136 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.
Tiny’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Tiny is an affectionate form of Martinus. In Dutch usage, Tiny is an affectionate form of Martijn.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tiny
- Tiny SandfordAmerican actor (1894-1961)
- Tiny ThompsonCanadian ice hockey goaltender: first goaltender to stop the puck by catching it (1903-1981)
- Tiny Koxpolitician from the Netherlandsborn 1953
- Tiny KahnAmerican drummer (1924–1953)1923–1953
- Tiny BroadwickSkydiver and stunt performer (1893–1978)
- Tiny DavisAmerican trumpeter1907–1994
- Tiny HoekstraDutch association football playerborn 1996
- Tiny BonhamAmerican baseball player (1913–1949)
- Tiny BrauerAmerican actor (1909-1990)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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