Tiia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tiia

What is the meaning of the name Tiia ?

The baby name Tiia is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TEE-ah (Finnish: [ˈtiːɑ]).

Tiia is Finnish in Origin.

Tiia is a Finnish and Estonian feminine given name, pronounced TEE-ah; the doubled i marks a long vowel in Finnish orthography. In these languages it is most often a familiar or shortened form of Tiina (itself from Kristiina/Christina), giving Tiia the inherited meaning “a Christian” or “follower of Christ.” Some bearers also view it as a Nordic spelling of Tia, occasionally connected to Theodora or Dorothea and thus interpreted as “gift of God.” It is unrelated to Spanish tía “aunt.”

Documented in Finland from the mid-20th century, Tiia rose sharply in use during the 1970s–1990s amid a trend for succinct, vowel-rich names; in Estonia it gained steady currency toward the end of the Soviet period and after independence. Variants and cognates include Tia, Tiina, Tiiu (Estonian), Tina, Christina, and Kristiina. The standard spelling in Finnish and Estonian records is Tiia.