Tina
A short form of Christina, from Greek: "follower of Christ". Only about 700 women in Poland carry it, so meeting one stays memorable, and fewer girls are getting it now than a few years back.
Tina Pronunciation
Tina is pronounced TEE-nah (/ˈtina/).
What Tina means
Where Tina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Tina began as an ending. It is the closing piece of Christina, a Greek formation rooted in Christos, the anointed one, and it carries the meaning follower of Christ. Long after the fuller form settled into use, those last syllables broke free and started living on their own.
In Poland the parent name is Krystyna, and Tina reads as its trimmed, informal cousin. A girl entered in the records as Krystyna might sign a school register with the long form and answer to Tina everywhere else. The devotion in the meaning belongs to the whole word, and the short version borrowed it without argument.
What survives is small and quick. Two syllables, a Greek pedigree, and a meaning that points back to Christina.
When Tina celebrates name day
Tina appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 28 July.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Tina
1 in 31932 women in Poland is named Tina. 706 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1113 among female names.
Tina's popularity over time
6 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #898 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2012.
Where Tina is most popular
Tina is most popular in Lower Silesian, 206% above the national average (6 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+181%) and Masovian (+103%).
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Lower Silesian6 girls born+206%
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Silesian8 girls born+181%
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Masovian9 girls born+103%
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Greater Poland4 girls born+49%
Tina as a middle name
Tina is a first name for 706 women in Poland and a middle name for another 104, an 87/13 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 655th, between Luise (104) and Walburga (104).
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#653 Mai105
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#654 Luise104
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#655 Tina104
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#656 Walburga104
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#657 Joan103