Given name & surname
Tiye
“an aunt”·“daughter born to royalty”
Tiye 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
Tiye 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
Tiye is a variant of Tia. Tia has been associated with Spanish and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
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
Tiye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 269
- 0 boys · 269 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,777 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,777 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 255 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.
Tiye’s family of names
Tiye has a related form in Tia. In Russian usage, Tiye as a surname is a transliteration of Тийе.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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