Tina is a common female given name. It originates from Old English Tyne/Tyna/Tina, meaning river. It is also a diminutive for names such as Bettina, Christina, Christine, Martina, Valentina, etc. Its masculine counterpart is Tino. In Finland and Estonia, the name is written as Tiina.
In the Russian language, Tina (Ти́на) is a diminutive of the male first names Aventin and Avgustin and the female first names Aventina and Avgustina.
The name is shared by the following people:
Tina Ambani, (born 1957), Indian film actress
Tina Arena (born 1967), Australian singer
Tina Campbell (born 1974), American singer from the contemporary gospel duo Mary Mary
Tina Brown, journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author
Tina Cole, actress in My Three Sons
Tina Connelly, Canadian track and field athlete
Tina Cullen, English field hockey forward
Tina Dutta, Indian actress
Tina Fey, American writer and actress
Tina Guo (born 1985), Chinese-American cellist and erhuist
Tina Weymouth, American bass player Talking Heads
Tina Harris, American R'n'B singer
Tina Huang, American actress
Tina Ivanović, Serbian pop-folk singer
Tiina Kankaanpää (born 1976), Finnish discus thrower
Tina Kover, American translator
Tina Livanos, daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Livanos
Tina Louise, actress on Gilligan's Island
Teena Marie, (1956-2010), American singer
Tina Maze, (born 1983), Slovenian alpine skier
Tina McKenzie, (born 1974), Australian wheelchair basketball player
Tina Peters, German field hockey player
Tina Poitras, (born 1970), Canadian race walker
Tina Rättyä, Finnish heptathlete
Tina Sugandh, singer
Tina Turner, singer
Tina Weirather, Liechtenstein alpine skier
Tina Yuzuki, AV Idol
Tina Yothers, former child star
Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer
