Tiana: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Tiana | Girls
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- Comments and insights on the name Tiana: | Edit
White girls can have the name too- my daughter is of European heritage and has always received compliments on her unique name.
- Personal experiences with the name Tiana: | Edit
My name is Tiyana (pr. t-yah-na). It is similar ti Tiana but better in my opinion. I haven't met another girl with her name spelled just like mine!!!
Tiana is my sister and she is a wonderful artist. She's 11 and loves to draw, write and use her imagination. :)
My name is Tiana, but it is pronounced like Diana.
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T, Ti, or Yana (for my case) or Ana
My sister is Tiana and she likes to go by Tia.
I go by the nickname Ty.
- Meanings and history of the name Tiana: | Edit
her parents got it out of a science fiction novel. The character was a red-headed adopted daughter of a black pirate captain.
Tiana does not mean Princess.
- Famous real-life people named Tiana: | Edit
Tiana Rogers was Sam Houston's Indian wife. There is a book called "A Walk In My Soul" that is all about her.
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My grandmother (who is of Native American origin-- 100%) gave me the name "Tiyana" (tee-yah-nuh) which in our native language means "Rosebud-- the beginning of beauty" :)
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Global Popularity of the Name Tiana
- #229 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #375 in Canada (Alberta)
- #475 in Scotland
- #651 in United States

When Disney first scripted an African-American princess, she was going to be a chambermaid named Maddy. After some early grumblings from the public, they went back to the drawing boards to cook up something a little more regal. Goodbye chambermaid, and goodbye Maddy. Enter Tiana, a contemporary African-American favorite with a fairy-dust sparkle that's just a hair's breadth from "tiara."
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