Entry № 2438 · English origin

Tina Tina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Christine (Tina Turner, Queen of Rock and Roll)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 920
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "christine (tina turner, queen of rock and roll)".

Tina is a short form of Christina, Martina, Valentina, and other *-ina* names — common across English, Italian, and Spanish. **Tina Turner (1939-2023)** — born Anna Mae Bullock — **the Queen of Rock and Roll: 12 Grammy Awards, over 100 million records sold, and the first Black artist and first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in two categories** (Ike & Tina Turner, 1991; solo, 2021). **Her 1984 comeback album *Private Dancer* — released at age 44 after her escape from her abusive marriage to Ike Turner — became one of the best-selling albums of the decade**. **Tina Fey (born 1970)** — American comedian; first female head writer of *Saturday Night Live*. **Tina Brown (born 1953)** — British-American editor of *Vanity Fair* and *The New Yorker*.

Subject of *What's Love Got to Do with It* (1993) and the 2021 HBO documentary *Tina*.

Queen of Rock and Roll. Twelve Grammys; first Black artist inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in two categories.

The name in its native script.

Tina
Transliteration
Tina
Pronunciation
/ ˈtiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tina stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 920 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 17 in 1969
Babies named Tina · last year
220 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1937
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #17 NOW · #920

Tinas before her.

Real people
Tina Turner
American singer; Queen of Rock and Roll.
1939 – 2023
Tina Fey
American comedian.
born 1970
Tina Brown
British-American editor.
born 1953
In fiction
Tina
Bob's Burgers.
2011

Names connected to Tina.

The number behind Tina.

7

The Seeker

Tina reduces to seven — the number of Queen of Rock.

Why families chose this name.

"Queen of Rock. Four letters. Tina."
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