Tina (given name)
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Tina is a common female given name. It originates from Old English Tyne/Tyna/Tina, meaning river. It is also a diminutive for names such as Bettina, Christina, Christine, Martina, Valentina, etc. Its masculine counterpart is Tino. In Finland and Estonia, the name is often written as Tiina.
In the Russian language, Tina (Ти́на) is a diminutive of the male first names Aventin[1] and Avgustin[2] and the female first names Aventina[1] and Avgustina.[2]
The name is shared by the following people:
- Tina Ambani, (born 1957), Indian film actress
- Tina Arena (born 1967), Australian singer
- Tina Campbell (born 1974), American singer from the contemporary gospel duo Mary Mary
- Tina Brown, journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author
- Tina Cole, actress in My Three Sons
- Tina Connelly, Canadian track and field athlete
- Tina Cullen, English field hockey forward
- Tina Dayton, American streamer for Twitch.tv and girlfriend of Rooster Teeth's Ray Narvaez Jr
- Tina Dutta, Indian actress
- Tina Fey, American writer and actress
- Tina Weymouth, American bass player Talking Heads
- Tina Harris, American R'n'B singer
- Tina Huang, American actress
- Tina Ivanović, Serbian pop-folk singer
- Tiina Kankaanpää (born 1976), Finnish discus thrower
- Tina Kover, American translator
- Tina Livanos, daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Livanos
- Tina Louise, actress on Gilligan's Island
- Teena Marie, (1956-2010), American singer
- Tina Maze, (born 1983), Slovenian alpine skier
- Tina McKenzie, (born 1974), Australian wheelchair basketball player
- Tina Peters, German field hockey player
- Tina Poitras, (born 1970), Canadian race walker
- Tina Rättyä, Finnish heptathlete
- Tina Sugandh, singer
- Tina Turner, singer
- Tina Yuzuki, AV Idol
- Tina Yothers, former child star
- Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer
Fictional characters
- Christina Gray, a character in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- Teletina, the mascot of Teletoon from 1999 to 2007
- Tina, played by Jessica Zucha on Barney and Friends
- Tina Belcher, a character from FOX's animated sitcom, Bob’s Burgers
- Tina Branford, a fictional character from the Final Fantasy series; main character of Final Fantasy VI (6)
- Tina Carlyle, a character in the 1994 film The Mask
- Tina Carter, a fictional character from the British soap opera, EastEnders
- Tina Cassidy, codenamed “Mainframe” in the animated series C.O.P.S.
- Tina Cohen-Chang, a character from Glee
- Tina Hopkins, a fictional character from the British soap opera, EastEnders
- Tina Kennard, a character on The L Word
- Tina Lombardi, a character in the 2004 film A Very Long Engagement
- Tina Lord, a character from the American soap One Life to Live
- Tina McIntyre, a fictional character from the popular British soap opera, Coronation Street
- Tina Martin, a character from Bibi Blocksberg and its spinoff Bibi & Tina
- Tina Reilly, a fictional character from the British soap opera, Hollyoaks
- Tina Rex, a character from The Amazing World of Gumball
- Tina Teaspoon, part of the Spoon family from UK children’s TV series Button Moon
- Tina, a character from Tina's Pals and Monica's Gang
References
Notes
Sources
- Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
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