Tinaya
Meaning of Tinaya
Tinaya is a feminine given name that emerged in the late twentieth-century Anglo-American onomastic landscape, widely regarded as a modern elaboration of Tiana with possible etymological antecedents in the Greek-derived Tatiana or the Elizabethan literary form Titania. Pronounced in American English as ti-NAY-uh (/tɪˈneɪə/), it comprises three syllables with primary stress on the second, thereby offering a measured phonetic profile valued in contemporary naming conventions. U.S. Social Security Administration records indicate that Tinaya first attained sufficient frequency to enter the top one thousand in 1988 at rank 807 and thereafter maintained a presence within the lower quartile—oscillating between ranks 807 and 976—through 2009, with annual occurrences ranging from five to a peak of twelve newborns in 2007. While comprehensive etymological scholarship remains limited, the name is consistently associated with refined femininity and individual distinction, characteristics that mirror broader cultural trends favoring names that balance phonological elegance with relative rarity in the Anglo-American context.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as ti-NAY-uh (/tɪˈneɪə/)
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Notable People Named Tinaya
| Tinaya Alexander - |
