Tia
From Greek, it carries the everyday meaning "aunt". Fewer than fifty women hold it across all of Poland, so most Poles will never meet a Tia.
Tia Pronunciation
Tia is pronounced TYAH (/tja/).
What Tia means
Where Tia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Tia reaches back to Greek, where 'theia' meant aunt, the feminine of 'theios', uncle. A word for a family elder became a given name only much later. The sense held steady: aunt, in Polish ciotka. The same word survives in Spanish, where 'tía' still means aunt.
English speakers took up Tia as a first name during the twentieth century, and it settled there as a name in its own right. The sound is short and open. Two syllables, then done.
On a Polish class register, Tia sits among the Zosias and Amelias, foreign in look but easy on the tongue. It has no name-day of its own in the Polish calendar, so a girl called Tia often borrows one from a saint nearby. The Greek root still sits underneath the four letters: theia, aunt, ciotka.
How many people are named Tia
1 in 469663 women in Poland is named Tia. 48 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5513 among female names.
Tia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Tia as a middle name
Tia is a first name for 48 women in Poland and a middle name for another 12, an 80/20 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2211th, between Tanja (12) and Timea (12).
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#2209 Stephania12
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#2210 Tanja12
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#2211 Tia12
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#2212 Timea12
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#2213 Tracy12