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Tiana (given Name)
Tiana or Tianna is a feminine given name with various origins. It has been used as an extended form of the name Tia or a short form of names such as Cristiana. In the case of Vietnamese-American actor and director Tiana Alexandra, the name was an English spelling of her Vietnamese language given name, Thi Thanh Nga. It is also a Malagasy unisex name meaning ''loved'' in use in Madagascar. The word ''tiana'' also has different Māori language origins. Tiana was among the most popular names for Māori girls in New Zealand in 2020. Usage of the name in the United States increased after 1975, which coincided with film and television appearances by Alexandra. Usage of the name also increased after it was used for the main character of the 2009 Disney film ''The Princess and the Frog''. Women named Tiana * Tiana Alexandra (born 1956), Vietnamese-American actress and film director * Tiana Atkinson (born 2002), Australian cricketer * Tiana Benjamin (born 1984), British actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Alexandra
Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant (born Du Thi Thanh Nga, August 11, 1956) is a Vietnamese-American actress, filmmaker, and activist. She is best known for her 1992 documentary ''From Hollywood to Hanoi'', the first American feature documentary filmed in Vietnam by a Vietnamese-American, which examines the aftermath of the Vietnam War and explores themes of reconciliation. Alexandra made her feature film debut in Sam Peckinpah's ''The Killer Elite'' (1975), co-written by her husband, Stirling Silliphant. Alexandra and Christopher Hampton are the directors of Hampton-Silliphant Productions. Early life Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, in 1956. Her father Dư Phước Long was a South Vietnamese politician who served as the Director of Press and Cultural Attaché in Washington, DC, during the administration of President Ngô Đình Diệm. After Diệm's assassination in 1963, the family moved to Fairfax, Virginia in 1966. Her father, later known as Patrick Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Brown
Tiana Chanel Brown (born July 13, 1981) is an American dancer. Brown is known for dancing for Christina Aguilera and for being her good friend, and she can be seen in many of Aguilera's videos. Brown has also toured with Aguilera on her Stripped World Tour and the Back to Basics Tour, and she says her favorite song to dance to is "Dirrty". She has been dancing professionally for seven years and was inspired to pursue a dancing career by the Britney Spears video "(You Drive Me) Crazy" and Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreogr ...'s The Velvet Rope World Tour. Brown is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Tiana trained at Dance of Iowa and at Broadway Dance Center in New York. She has done two world tours with Christina Aguilera, and worked with Jennifer Lopez, Britn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Rabarijaona
Tiana Rabarijaona (born 1 August 1998) is a Malagasy swimmer. She represented Madagascar at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle and women's 400 metre freestyle events. In the 200 metre event she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals and in the 400 metre event she did not advance to compete in the final. She also competed in two relay events, without winning a medal. She competed in the women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ... held in Tokyo, Japan. References External links * * * * Living people 1998 births Malagasy female swimmers Malagasy female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Madagascar Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Penitani
Tiana Penitani (born 12 January 1996) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a , she is an Australia and New South Wales representative. She previously represented Australia in rugby sevens. Background Born in Canberra, Penitani played junior rugby league for La Perouse United before switching to rugby union and Oztag. She is of Tongan descent. Playing career Rugby union In 2014, Penitani, along with Brooke Anderson, captained Australia to the Gold medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, held in China. This was the first time Rugby Sevens had been part of the Olympic programme since 1924. The tournament was Penitani's first in 14 months, following a serious knee injury sustained at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. At 17 years and 163 days old, she became Australia's youngest ever representative in either 15s or 7s at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Nobile
Tiana Nobile is a poet based in New Orleans, Louisiana where she works at an arts education nonprofit called KID smART. She is a Korean American adoptee. Her debut collection of poetry, ''Cleave,'' was published by Hub City Press in the spring of 2021. Education and career Nobile received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, her MAT in elementary and special education from the University of New Orleans, and her MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College. She is the author of the chapbook ''The Spirit of the Staircase'', which was published in 2017 by Antenna, a New Orleans–based organization. Nobile collaborated with writer and interdisciplinary artist, Brigid Conroy, whose artwork appears throughout the chapbook. In an interview with Hyphen, Nobile said the title of her chapbook comes from the French phrase, ''l’esprit de l’escalier,'' which “refers to the feeling you get when someone says something to you and you think of the perfect response or comeback 20 minutes later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Metuarau
Tiana Metuarau (born 15 January 2001) is a New Zealand netball international. Between 2017 and 2020, she was a prominent member of the Central Pulse team that won the 2018 Super Club title and the 2019 and 2020 ANZ Premiership titles. In 2022, Metuarau was co-captain of the Pulse team that won a third ANZ Premiership title. Early life, family and education Metuarau is the daughter of Waimarama Taumaunu and George Metuarau. She has two siblings, Tuakana and Tanara. Her mother, Waimarama, is a former New Zealand netball international, former national team captain and head coach and Central Pulse's director of high performance. George Metuarau is a former rugby union player and coach. Between 2004 and 2011, he served as head coach of the Cook Islands national rugby sevens team. Between 2017 and 2019 he was a member of the Central Zone/Central Manawa coaching staff with responsibility for primary care. Metuarau was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England in 2001. At the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Mangakahia
Tiana Cynthia Mangakahia (born 21 April 1995) is an Australian basketball player for the Southern Districts Spartans of the NBL1 North. She began her career with two seasons in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) before playing college basketball in the United States for Syracuse University between 2017 and 2021. After a season in Russia, Mangakahia returned to the WNBL in 2022 but then retired in 2023 due to breast cancer. She came out of retirement in 2025. Early life The only daughter of Terei Mangakahia, a Māori who emigrated from New Zealand to Australia in his late teens, and his Queensland-born wife Cynthia, Mangakahia grew up with five brothers, four older and one younger. In a 2020 story, ESPN journalist Aishwarya Kumar described the young Mangakahia as "a daredevil", regularly climbing a tall pole in the family's backyard and competing in various sports and games alongside her brothers. Her older brothers all played basketball, and she was first enrolled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Lemnitz
Tiana Lemnitz (26 October 1897 – 5 February 1994) was a German operatic soprano. Her major operatic career took place between the two world wars (1919–1939). Life and career The youngest of 10 children, she was born in Metz to a musical family. Her father was a '. She began to sing at the age of seven and at 15 she entered the Metz Music School. Later, she studied voice with Antoni Kohmann at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. Starting with small opera companies, she made her debut in Heilbronn in Albert Lortzing's opera ''Undine'' in 1921. She then sang in Aachen (1922–28), Hannover (1928–34) while making several guest appearances in Dresden (1931–34). In 1930 she sang in Sopot as Agathe in '. She became a member of the in 1934, and remained with the company until 1957. She also sang regularly at the Munich State Opera, the Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival. Lemnitz was a prominent Nazi and was known to boast of having been appointed to the Berlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Le
Tiana Le is an American actress, best known for her appearances on ''Insecure'' and ''No Good Nick''. She starred in the Disney+ original series, '' Big Shot''. Early life and education Le is half African-American and half Vietnamese. She and her brother, TaeVeon, were raised by a single mother, An Le. The siblings are second-generation Americans, as An relocated from Vietnam in 1975 as an infant during the Vietnam War. Le described herself as a "natural performer" growing up. Le attended Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, California, where she participated in the musical theater program as it combined her acting and musical talents. In 2021, Le started college at the University of Southern California where she planned to study acting and film making. Le is a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority. Career Le booked her first major television role in 8th grade with her recurring role on Issa Rae's ''Insecure'', on HBO. Le credited Rae with helping her understand that she had t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Jaber
Tiana Jaber (; born 9 May 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for A-League Women club Wellington Phoenix. Born in Australia, she plays for the Lebanon national team. Early life Jaber spent her childhood growing up in Western Sydney while attending Glenwood High School; she is of Lebanese and Italian descent. Club career Western Sydney Wanderers Jaber played for North West Sydney Koalas in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women's before being signed on a scholarship contract by the Western Sydney Wanderers in 2019. On 14 February 2020 Jaber was upgraded to a professional contract as she began training more frequently with the first team. She made her debut for the club on 20 February as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 loss to Melbourne City. The February debut would prove to be Jaber's sole appearance for the Wanderers as she left the club at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season to play for Sydney University in the NSW Women's NPL. The 2020 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan
Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan (born 26 September 2006) is a Nigerian sprinter. She won gold medals in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2023 African Games and 2024 African Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Career 2023 In April 2023, she won double silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m at the African U18 Championships in Ndola, Zambia. That year, she became Nigerian U-18 champion over both sprint distances and was selected for the 2018 Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago where she won two silver medals in the 100m and 300m and added relay gold. She was also part of the senior Nigerian relay team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. 2024 She ran at the 2023 African Games in Accra and was part of their 4 × 100 metres relay side which won gold. She was part of the Nigerian relay team that competed at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, and successfully qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games. She won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Davison
Tiana Davison (born 26 October 2000) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her position is . She previously played for the Sydney Roosters. Background Born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Davison played rugby union for the Clifton Rugby Club growing up. Playing career Early years In 2017, Davison was selected in the New Zealand under-17 and under-18 girl's rugby sevens wider training group, to prepare for a development camp in Auckland. By 2018, she was playing for the senior Clifton Rugby Club women's team and was a part of the winning New Zealand side at the Oceania under-18s Sevens Championship. In 2019, she played for the Manawatu Rugby Union club in the Farah Palmer Cup, before joining the Taranaki Whio in 2020. In November 2020, she was selected in the Red Bull Ignite7 sevens squad. 2022 In 2022, Davison returned to the Clifton Rugby Club side in the Taranaki women's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |