Tia is a usually feminine given name with diverse, unrelated origins from multiple cultures. It might have originated as a short form of names containing the word element ''tia'' or ''thea''. The word ''tía'' is coincidentally the Portuguese and

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

word for ''

aunt An aunt is a woman who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent. Aunts who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. Alternate terms include auntie or aunty. Aunt, auntie, and aunty also may be titles bestowed b ...

''. Some parents might have used the name in reference to the alcoholic beverage

Tia Maria Tia Maria is a dark coffee liqueur made in Italy using Jamaican coffee beans. The main ingredients are coffee beans, South Jamaican rum, vanilla, and sugar, blended to an alcoholic content of 20%. History Tia Maria was originally made in ...

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Tia TIA most commonly refers to the transient ischemic attack, a "mini-stroke". TIA or Tia may also refer to: People * Tia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * TiA, stage name of a female ...

is the goddess of peaceful death in

Haida mythology The Haida are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their national territories lie along the west coast of Canada and include parts of south east Alaska. Haida mythology is an indigenous religion that ca ...

was also the name of an ancient Egyptian princess who lived during the

19th Dynasty The Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XIX), also known as the Ramessid dynasty, is classified as the second Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC. The 19th Dynasty and the 20th Dynasty fu ...

; the meaning of her name possibly referred to royal status. In some cultures, including the

Ancient Egyptian Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

and Maori, Tia has been used as a male name.

Surname origins

Tia is also a surname with diverse origins. It is an alternate

Romanization In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Latin script, Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and tra ...

of the

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

surname Xie (謝) or Cheng (程). It is also a West African surname of uncertain origins, in use in

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

and the

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

Given name usage

The name first appeared among the top 1,000 names given to American girls in the United States in 1957. It ranked among the top 1,000 names for American girls between 1962 and 2012. It also ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls in England and Wales between 1996 and 2021, among the top 100 names for newborn girls in

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

between 2017 and 2022, and among the top 100 names for girls in

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

between 2000 and 2022. It ranked among the top 500 names for girls born in France in 2017 and then declined in use.

People

Tia (Māori explorer) In Māori traditions, Tia was an early Māori explorer of Aotearoa New Zealand and a rangatira (chief) in the Te Arawa, Arawa tribal confederation. He is responsible for the names of various features and settlements around the central North Isla ...

, early Māori explorer and chief *

Tia (princess) Tia or Tiya was an ancient Egyptian princess during the 19th Dynasty. Family Tia was the daughter of Pharaoh Seti I and Queen Tuya and the older sister of Ramesses II. She is attested only on monuments dating to Ramesses' reign. Tia was marri ...

, ancient Egyptian princess during the 19th dynasty *

Tia (overseer of treasury) Tia was an ancient Egyptian high official under king Ramses II. His main title was that of an overseer of the treasuries. Tia was married to a woman with the same name, the princess Tia who was sister of Ramses II. Career and Family Not much is ...

, ancient Egyptian official, husband of Princess Tia *

Tia Bajpai Tia Bajpai (born Twinkle Bajpai) is an Indian singer, television and film actress. She made her film debut in 2011 with Vikram Bhatt's film ''Haunted - 3D'', and appeared in ''1920: Evil Returns'' and ''Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat''. She also part ...

(born 1989), born Twinkle, Indian actress and singer *

Tia Ballard Tia Ballard (born May 11) is an American voice actress and ADR director affiliated with Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Some of her notable roles are Kusano in '' Sekirei'', Mizore Shirayuki in '' Rosario + Vampire'', Rin Ogata in '' Rideback ...

(born 1986), American actress, artist, comedian, writer, and voice actress for FUNimation Entertainment *

Tia Barrett Te Rongotoa "Tia" Barrett previously known as John Richard Te Rongotoa Barrett (24 July 1947 – 15 November 2009) was a New Zealand diplomat of indigenous Ngati Maniapoto and Waikato extraction from the Tainui iwi. He was director of the Māori ...

(1947–2009), born Te Rongotoa, New Zealand diplomat * Tia Billinger (born 1999), better known as Bonnie Blue, pornographic actress and OnlyFans content creator * Tia Blake (1952–2015), born Christiana, American singer-songwriter and writer * Tia Blassingame (born 1971), American book artist and publisher *

Tia Carrere Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo (born January 2, 1967), known professionally as Tia Carrere (), is an American actress and singer who got her first big break as a regular on the daytime soap opera ''General Hospital''. Carrere played Cassandra Wong i ...

(born 1967), born Althea, American-Canadian actress, model and singer * Tia Chan (born 2002), also known as Chén Tíyà, Canadian-Chinese ice hockey player *

Tia Clayton Tia Clayton (born 17 August 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter. Career She ran the anchor legs for the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay teams that broke the world under-20 records at both the 2021 (42.94 s) and 2022 World U20 Championships (42.59 ...

(born 2004), Jamaican sprinter * Tia Darti (born 1993), Indonesian footballer * Tia DeNora (born 1958), professor of Sociology of Music and director of research at the University of Exeter * Tia Doca (1932–2009), born Jilçaria Cruz Costa and nicknamed "Tia Doca" or "Aunt Doca", Brazilian samba dancer * Tia Edwards (born 1995), American sitting volleyball player * Tia Eron (born 1972), born Eronildes Vasconcelos Carvalho and nicknamed "Tia Eron" or "Aunt Eron", Brazilian politician *

Tia Fuller Tia Fuller (born March 27, 1976) is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator, and a member of the all-female band touring with Beyoncé. Fuller is currently a faculty member in the ensembles department at Berklee College of Music. Full ...

(born 1976), American saxophonist, composer, and educator *

Tia Gostelow Tia Gostelow is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter from Mackay, Queensland. Gostelow released her debut studio album, ''Thick Skin'', in 2018 on Lovely Records. Further albums, ''Chrysalis'' and ''Head Noise'' followed. Early life and ...

(born 1999), Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter *

Tia Hellebaut Tia Hellebaut (; born 16 February 1978) is a Belgian former track and field athlete. She started out in her sports career in the heptathlon, and afterwards specialized in the high jump event. She has cleared 2.05 metres both indoors and outd ...

(born 1978), Belgian Olympic champion and athlete * M. Tia Johnson (born 1959), American lawyer and academic * Tia Jones (born 2000), American track and field athlete * Tia Kansara, British sustainable design expert and co-founder of Kansara Hackney * Tia Kar, Indian actress and singer * Tia Keyes, Irish specialist in photochemistry and molecular spectroscopy *

Tia Lessin Tia Lessin is an American documentary filmmaker. Lessin has produced and directed documentaries, earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary, three Emmy Awards, two primetime Emmy Nominations, the duPont Columbia Award, and the Sund ...

, American documentary filmmaker *

Tia Mowry Tia Dashon Mowry (; July 6, 1978) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her starring role as Tia Landry in the sitcom '' Sister, Sister'' (1994–1999), opposite her twin sister Tamera Mowry. The sisters then starred together ...

(born 1978), American actress and singer * Tia Neiva (1926–1985), born Neiva Chavez Zelaya and known as "Tia Neiva" or "Aunt Neiva", Brazilian medium * Tia Norfleet (born 1986), born Shauntia, American NASCAR driver * Tia Paschal (born 1969), American women's basketball player * Tia Powell, American psychiatrist and bioethicist *

Tia Ray Tia Ray (; born 12 December) is a Chinese singer-songwriter from Hunan, China. She rose to fame in 2012 as a contestant on the televised singing competition The Voice of China, where she finished as one of the final contenders. She has since rele ...

(born 1984), born Yuán Yàwéi, Chinese singer-songwriter *

Tia Sharp The murder of Tia Sharp (30 June 2000 – 3 August 2012) was a high-profile case of child murder in the United Kingdom. The victim was a 12-year-old girl, Tia Sharp, who was reported missing from and later found dead at her grandmother's home ...

(2000–2012), English murder victim *

Tia Rigg Tia Rigg (4 January 1998 – 3 April 2010) was a girl who was killed in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England on 3 April 2010. Twelve-year-old Rigg was tortured, raped and murdered by her maternal uncle, John Maden. On 4 October 2010, 38-year-old ...

(1998–2010), English murder victim * Tia Shorts, American beauty queen * TiaCorine, born Tia Shultz, American rapper and songwriter * Tia Singh (born 1992), Indian actress and model *

Tia Surica Iranette Ferreira Barcellos (known as Tia Surica or Aunt Surica; born November 17, 1940, in Madureira (Rio de Janeiro), Madureira, Brazil) is a Brazilian samba singer and actress. Biography Surica was born in Madureira (Rio de Janeiro), Madure ...

, born Iranette Ferreira Barcellos and known as "Tia Surica" or "Aunt Surica" (born 1940), Brazilian samba singer and actress *

Tia Texada Tia Texada is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Sgt. Maritza Cruz on the NBC series ''Third Watch'', and her recurring role as undercover agent Ribera on '' The Unit'' for CBS. Other roles include '' In Plain Sight ...

(born 1971), American actress and singer *

Tia-Clair Toomey Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr (née Toomey; born 22 July 1993) is an Australian weightlifter and CrossFit Games athlete. After winning her seventh title at the 2024 CrossFit Games, Toomey has more title wins than any other athlete in the history of the ...

(born 1993), Australian weightlifter and CrossFit Games athlete * Tia Williams, American author

Surname

* John Tia (born 1954), Ghanaian politician * Olivier Tia (born 1982), Ivorian footballer

Fictional characters

* Tia Dalma, from the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' franchise *

Tia and Megumi Oumi The manga and anime series ''Zatch Bell!'', known in Japan as for the manga and for the anime, features an extensive cast of characters created and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. The fictional storyline takes place largely in Japan during the ea ...

, in the anime and manga series ''Zatch Bell!'' * Tia, in the 1968 novel ''

Escape to Witch Mountain ''Escape to Witch Mountain'' is a science fiction novel written by Alexander Key in 1968. It was adapted for film by Disney as '' Escape to Witch Mountain'' in 1975 which spawned the ''Witch Mountain'' franchise. The novel was illustrated by L ...

'' by

Alexander Key Alexander Hill Key (September 21, 1904 – July 25, 1979) was an American science fiction writer who primarily wrote children's literature. Early life Alexander Key was born in 1904 in LaPlatte, Maryland to Alexander Hill and Charlotte ( ...

and movies ''

'' and ''

Return from Witch Mountain ''Return from Witch Mountain'' is a 1978 American science fiction–adventure film and a sequel to '' Escape to Witch Mountain'' (1975) and the second film in the ''Witch Mountain'' franchise. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was ...

'' * Tia, in the French TV series ''

Galactik Football ''Galactik Football'' is an Cartoon series, animated television series created by Augias Imaginaction and co-produced by Gaumont Animation, Gaumont-Alphanim, France 2 (seasons 1–2) and Telegael (season 3) in association with Audi'Art, Welkin ...

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