Tina
[ˈtiːnə]Meaning
largely feminine given name, a diminutive of names ending in -tina such as Christina
Background Story
Tina originated as a diminutive of names ending in -tina, such as Christina. Teena and Tena are modern English variant spellings, Tiina is Estonian and Finnish, Tine is Danish and Norwegian, and Latvian has the feminine Tīna. Its masculine counterparts are Tino, Tin, and the Slovene Tine. In some cases Tina or Teena derives instead from the English word "tiny" or the slang "teeny", and in Arabic Tīnah means "fig" and is the usual diminutive of the Georgian name Tinatin.
Variations
Christina, Tania, Tine
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