Tide: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Tide – Meaning: the rise and fall of the sea – Origin: Germanic (common word, not a dedicated given name) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: TYD


Tide is a Germanic (common word, not a dedicated given name) boy's name meaning “the rise and fall of the sea”. It appears in 6 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Tide

Meaning: The rise and fall of the sea.

Origin: Germanic (common word, not a dedicated given name).

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Tide

Phonetic: TYD   IPA: /taɪd/

Popularity of Tide

Tide doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

Lists That Include Tide

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