Tiana

See also: tiana and tiān a

English

Etymology

Modern contraction of Tatiana and Christiana. In the USA it is also explained as a form of Diana in such unrelated languages as Samoan and Cherokee (but the author Tiana Bighorse is a Navajo).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Tiana

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1962, Marion Karl Wisehart, Sam Houston, American Giant, R. B. Luce, page 60:

     By Cherokee custom he married Tiana Rogers Gentry; within the tribe it was a real marriage, not a casual liaison. To Houston and to other whites his wife was known as Diana.

Anagrams

• Anita, NAATI, T'ai-an, Tai'an, Tania, Tiaan, tania