Tia: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Tia – Origin: modern English coinage (20th century) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: TEE-uh

Tia is a modern English coinage (20th century) girl's name. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Tia

Origin: modern English coinage (20th century).

A common claim: Arabic for "princess" (also sometimes given as a Sanskrit goddess name) Actually: Wiktionary traces Tia to a modern coinage — likely a short form of Letitia or Venetia, or a pet form of Dorothea — with no Arabic or Sanskrit root.

Source: Wiktionary.