Tiare: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Tiare – Meaning: flower (the tiare gardenia, Tahiti's national flower) – Origin: Tahitian – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: tee-AH-ray


Tiare is a Tahitian girl's name meaning “flower (the tiare gardenia, Tahiti's national flower)”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Tiare

Meaning: Flower (the tiare gardenia, Tahiti's national flower).

Origin: Tahitian.

A common claim: Tiare is a Hawaiian name meaning 'flower' Actually: The name and word are Tahitian in origin, not Hawaiian; Hawaiian use as a given name only began in the 1980s as a borrowing.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Tiare

Phonetic: tee-AH-ray   IPA: /tiˈɑːreɪ/

Popularity of Tiare

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1960–2024.

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