Tina is a female given name. It is diminutive for names such as Albertina, Bettina, Christina, Christine, Kristina, Martina, Valentina, Faustina, etc. Its masculine counterpart is Tino or Tin. In Finland and Estonia, the name is written as Tiina. The word itself may have originated from Old English Tyne/Tyna/Tina, meaning river.
In Russian, Tína (Ти́на) is a diminutive of the male first names Aventín[1] and Avgustín[2] and the female first names Christina, Alevtina (also shortened as "Alya", though "Alexandra" is often shortened the same way) Aventína[1] and Avgustína.[2]
In the Arabic language, Tīnah (تينة) is a word that means "fig",[3] it's sometimes used as a name but it is not very popular in the Arab world.[citation needed]
People
edit- Tina (singer) (born 1984), Slovak singer
- Tina Ambani, (born 1957), Indian film actress
- Tina Anselmi (1927–2016), Italian politician and Italian resistance member
- Tina Antolini, American radio producer and journalist
- Tina Arena (born 1967), Australian singer
- Tina Aumont (1946–2006), French-American actress
- Tina Barrett (born 1976), British singer from S Club 7
- Tina Bell (1957–2012), American singer
- Tina Brown (born 1953), journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author
- Tina Bursill (born 1951), Australian actress
- Tina Campbell (born 1974), American singer from the contemporary gospel duo Mary Mary
- Tina Charles (born 1954), British singer
- Tina Cole (born 1943), American actress
- Tina Connelly (born 1970), Canadian track and field athlete
- Tina Cousins (born 1974), English singer-songwriter
- Tina Cullen (born 1970), English field hockey forward
- Tina Dutta (born 1985), Indian actress
- Tina Fey (born 1970), American writer and actress
- Tina Fontaine (1999–2014), Canadian murder victim
- Tina Gascó (1914–1973), Spanish actress
- Tina Gažovičová (born 1986), Slovak politician
- Tīna Graudiņa (born 1998), Latvian beach volleyball player
- Tina Guo (born 1985), Chinese-American cellist and erhuist
- Tina Harris (born 1975), American R'n'B singer
- Tina Huang (born 1981), American actress
- Tina Hutchinson (born 1964/1965), American basketball player
- Tina Ivanović (born 1973), Serbian pop-folk singer
- Tina Karol (born 1985), Ukrainian singer
- Tiina Kankaanpää (born 1976), Finnish discus thrower
- Tina Kim (born 1970), Korean-American comedian
- Tina Kotek (born 1966), American politician
- Tina Kover (born 1975), American translator
- Tina Krajišnik (born 1991), Serbian basketball player
- Tina Louise (born 1934), American actress
- Tina Majorino (born 1985), American actress
- Tina Malone (born 1963), English actress
- Teena Marie (1956–2010), American singer
- Tina May (1961-2022), English jazz singer
- Tina Maze (born 1983), Slovenian alpine skier
- Tina McKenzie (born 1974), Australian wheelchair basketball player
- Tina O'Brien (born 1983), English actress
- Tina Onassis Niarchos (1929–1974), Greek socialite and shipping heiress
- Tina Paner (born 1971), Filipina actress and singer
- Tina Peters (born 1968), German field hockey player
- Tina Poitras (born 1970), Canadian race walker
- Tina Rättyä (born 1968), Finnish heptathlete
- Tina Robnik (born 1991), Slovenian alpine skier
- Tina Rodriguez (died 1986), American murder victim
- Tina Satchwell (born 1972), missing Irish woman
- Tina Smith (born 1958), American politician
- Tina Strobos (1920–2012), Dutch psychiatrist who rescued Jews during the Holocaust
- Tina Sugandh (born 1977), singer
- Tina Susman, American journalist and editor and formerly missing person
- Tina Trstenjak (born 1990), Slovenian judoka
- Tina Turner (1939–2023), American-born Swiss singer and actress
- Tina Weirather (born 1989), Liechtenstein alpine skier
- Tina Wesson (born 1960), American nurse, motivational speaker and reality TV personality
- Tina Weymouth (born 1950), American bass player of Talking Heads fame
- Tina Yuzuki (born 1986), Japanese actress, singer and former AV model
- Tina Yothers (born 1973), former American child star
Fictional characters
edit- Christina "Tina" Gray, a character in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- Tina, the damsel in distress of the movie The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- Teletina, the mascot of Teletoon from 1999 to 2007
- Tina, played by Jessica Zucha on Barney & Friends
- Tina Armstrong, a character from the fighting video game series Dead or Alive
- Tina Belcher, a character from FOX's animated sitcom, Bob’s Burgers
- Tina Blake, a character from the novel Carrie and the 2002 and 2013 movies.
- Tina Branford, a fictional character from the Final Fantasy series; main character of Final Fantasy VI (6)
- Tina Fran, a character from the show SpongeBob SquarePants
- Tina Carlyle, a character in the 1994 film The Mask
- Tina Carter, a fictional character from the British soap opera EastEnders
- Tina the Taxi Driver, a fictional character from the British television series Me Too!
- Tina Cassidy, codenamed “Mainframe” in the animated series C.O.P.S.
- Tina Cohen-Chang, a character from Glee
- Tina Hopkins, a fictional character from the British soap opera, EastEnders
- Tina Kennard, a character on The L Word
- Tina Lombardi, a character in the 2004 film A Very Long Engagement
- Tina Lord, a character from the American soap One Life to Live
- Tina McIntyre, a fictional character from the popular British soap opera Coronation Street
- Tina Martin, a character from Bibi Blocksberg and its spinoff Bibi & Tina
- Tina Reilly, a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Tina Rex, a character from The Amazing World of Gumball
- Tina Stewart, a fictional character from the popular British soap opera EastEnders
- Tina Teaspoon, part of the Spoon family from UK children’s TV series Button Moon
- Tina, a character from Tina's Pals and Monica's Gang
- Tina Russo, A Fictional Character From The Looney Tunes Show
- Tina, the mascot of the 2026 Winter Olympics
See also
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edit- Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
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