Tink as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tink

What is the meaning of the name Tink ?

The baby name Tink is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced TINK (/tɪŋk/).

Tink is English in Origin.

Tink is an English nickname-turned-given name derived from the onomatopoeic tink, the light metallic chime heard in a bell or hammer’s tap. The verb to tink/tinkle traces to Middle English tinken, likely imitative in origin; it also underlies tinker, the term for an itinerant tinsmith. As a result, Tink can convey the playful sense of a tiny bell and, by extension, the occupational heritage of metalworking.

Use as a personal name appears in Britain and Ireland as a byname or pet form, later propelled into wider awareness by J. M. Barrie’s Tinker Bell (1904) and Disney adaptations, where the fairy is often called “Tink.” It functions as a unisex short form and modern standalone. Variants and related forms include Tinker, Tinky, and Tinka (a Slavic diminutive of Tina, Kristina, or Martina).

⚙ Tink is a rare name. There are only 77 recorded uses of it in our data, from 28 countries.