Tiana (given name)
Appearance
![]() German operatic soprano Tiana Lemnitz (1897–1994) was an early bearer of the name. | |
Pronunciation | tee-AHN-ə or tee-ANN-ə |
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Gender | Feminine |
Language(s) | Various |
Origin | |
Meaning | Short form of Cristiana or Tatiana, or a variant of Tia |
Other names | |
Related names | Atiana, Teana, Teanna, Teyana, Teyanna, Teyonna, Tianna, Tiona, Tionna, Tionne, Tyana, Tyanna, Tyonna |
Tiana or Tianna is a feminine given name that originated as an extended form of the name Tia or a short form of names such as Cristiana or Tatiana.[1] Being rare in the United States, its popularity sharply increased since 1975, probably due to the actress Tiana Alexandra active in that time frame.[2]
People named Tiana
[edit]- Tiana Alexandra (born 1961), Vietnamese-American actress and film director
- Tiana Atkinson (born 2002), Australian cricketer
- Tiana Benjamin (born 1984), British actress
- Tiana Brown (born 1981), American dancer
- Tiana Clark, American poet
- Tiana Coudray (born 1988), American equestrian and dancer
- Tiana Le, American actress
- Tiana Lemnitz (1897–1994), German operatic soprano
- Tiana Mangakahia, Australian basketball player
- Tiana Metuarau (born 2001), New Zealand netball player
- Tiana Penitani (born 1996), Australian rugby league footballer
- Tiana Ringer (born 1985), American professional wrestler
- Tiana Sumanasekera (born 2007), American artistic gymnast
- Tiana Xiao (born 1990), Japanese pop singer
People named Tianna
[edit]- Tianna Bartoletta (born 1985), American track and field athlete
- Tianna Hawkins (born 1991), American professional basketball player
- Tianna Melnyk
- Tianna Vickers
Fictional characters
[edit]- Tiana, the main character of the 2009 Disney film The Princess and the Frog,
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 261. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Tiana". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 6 November 2023.