Tiana
Meaning
variant of Tatiana, of uncertain ancient origin, linked to a Roman saint; immortalized by Princess Tiana in Disney's The Princess and the Frog (2009)
The story
Tiana is a modern shortening of Tatiana, an ancient name of uncertain origin that the early church remembered through a Roman saint. The short form barely registers in American records before the 1950s, then builds slowly and steadily for half a century. What changed everything came in 2009, when Disney's The Princess and the Frog introduced Princess Tiana: a hardworking New Orleans cook who dreams of opening her own restaurant, and the studio's first Black princess. She is the rare fairy-tale heroine defined by ambition rather than rescue, and the name's strongest decade on the chart, the 2010s, arrives immediately after her debut. We cannot prove the film did it, but the sequence is hard to read any other way. Tiana has eased only a little since, settling in as a familiar, sparkling choice with a story worth telling.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Tiana peaked in the 2010s.
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Popularity in Brazil
1,450 people · the #6,414 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 142,857 · median age 35
Among people named Tiana living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 95 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Tiana
Most people given the name Tiana in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Tiana deep dive
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