Tina (given name)

Tina is a female given name. It is diminutive for names such as Albertina, Bettina, Christina, Christine, Kristina, Martina, Valentina, Faustina, etc. Its masculine counterpart is Tino or Tin. In Finland and Estonia, the name is written as Tiina. The word itself may have originated from Old English Tyne/Tyna/Tina, meaning river.

In Russian, Tína (Ти́на) is a diminutive of the male first names Aventín^[1] and Avgustín^[2] and the female first names Christina, Alevtina (also shortened as "Alya", though "Alexandra" is often shortened the same way) Aventína^[1] and Avgustína.^[2]

In the Arabic language, Tīnah (تينة) is a word that means "fig",^[3] it's sometimes used as a name but it is not very popular in the Arab world.^{[citation needed]}