Tiana
A Greek short form of Tatiana or Christiana. Most Poles have never met one: barely fifty women carry it, and it's always been a girl's name. Last year brought five new babies, more than most years managed, a small sign it's catching on.
Tiana Pronunciation
Tiana is pronounced TYAH-nah (/ˈtjana/).
What Tiana means
Where Tiana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tiana begins as an ending. It is the piece of Tatiana or Christiana that survives shortening, the last syllables kept while the front falls away. The Greek thread runs through Christiana, built on christos, the anointed one. Saint Tatiana of Rome, a third-century martyr, carried the longer form into the calendars.
In English-speaking countries the short form took on a life of its own. Disney gave it a wide audience in 2009, when Princess Tiana headed The Princess and the Frog. After that film the name climbed the American charts. That is how a diminutive became a first name in its own right.
So Tiana means what its parent names mean, at one remove. It reads as a short form of Tatiana and of Christiana, and the meaning of "anointed" sits behind it rather than inside its four letters.
How many people are named Tiana
1 in 442036 women in Poland is named Tiana. 51 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5313 among female names.
Tiana's popularity over time
5 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #966 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Tiana is most popular
Tiana is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (3 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian3 girls born+510%
Tiana as a middle name
Tiana is a first name for 51 women in Poland and a middle name for another 8, an 86/14 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2878th, between Thais (8) and Tin (8).
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#2876 Terezinha8
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#2877 Thais8
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#2878 Tiana8
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#2879 Tin8
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#2880 Uchechi8