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Meaning of the nameTina

Tina is a short feminine name, used as a short form of names ending in -tina, such as Cristina and Martina.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 823 people named Tina, the 9,473rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 40, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

Meaning

The meaning of Tina is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
823
Rank in Brazil
#9,473
Median age
40 years
2010 Census
1,171
people

Tina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Tina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (202 people).

815 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Tina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Tina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1910.000%
Bahia730.001%
Rio de Janeiro670.000%
Minas Gerais580.000%
Amazonas430.001%
Pará410.001%
Maranhão410.001%
Paraná330.000%
Goiás330.001%
Distrito Federal270.001%
Santa Catarina250.000%
Espírito Santo250.001%
Ceará190.000%
Rio Grande do Sul190.000%
Roraima180.003%
Piauí150.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Tina

Tina is, in several languages, a short form of names ending in -tina, such as Cristina and Martina, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Thina, Thyna and Tyna as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 823 people named Tina, almost all women, with a median age of 40. Births are concentrated in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Tina · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Tina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Tina

What does the name Tina mean?

The meaning of Tina is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Tina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 823 people with the first name Tina, which ranks it number 9,473 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Tina a boy's or a girl's name?

Tina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 815 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Tina most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.000% of the state's population is named Tina (191 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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