Tina

Where Tina comes from

Short form of Christina or of any female name ending in -tina, such as Martina or Albertina; frequently from Latin -ina
— Wiktionary's entry for Tina
  • Ancient Greek
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #403 among girls — 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1939
    Tina Turner born
    American-born Swiss singer and songwriter
  3. 1968
    Peak, #18
    14,772 babies named Tina — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #35.
  5. 1983
    Tina Maze born
    Slovenian alpine skier
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Tina Turner · American-born Swiss singer and songwriter, 1939–2023
  • Tina Maze · Slovenian alpine skier, born 1983
  • Tina Karol · Ukrainian singer, actress, television presenter, born 1985
  • Tina Modotti · Italian photographer, activist and actress, 1896–1942
  • Tina Trstenjak · Slovenian judoka, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.