📖 About Tianna
Tianna is a melodic variant of Tiana, drawing from the Slavic Tatiana (from Saint Tatiana of Rome) and the graceful -ana suffix; it gained wide popularity in African American communities and broader cultural resonance through Disney's Princess Tiana, the first Black Disney princess.
📍 Details
- OriginLatin
- Gender♀ Female
- MeaningVariant of Tiana. Princess, fairy queen
🔀 Variants & Related Names
⭐ Famous People
- Tiana (Disney Princess) — The protagonist of Disney's animated film The Princess and the Frog (2009); the first African American Disney princess, set in 1920s New Orleans; depicted as an ambitious, hardworking young woman who dreams of opening her own restaurant; her story brought new cultural resonance to the name Tiana and its variants.
- Tianna Madison — American sprinter (born 1989) who won a gold medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2012 London Olympics as part of the US women's team; one of the most prominent athletic bearers of the name in recent years.
- Tatiana of Rome (Saint Tatiana) — Early Christian martyr (died c. 226 AD) who served as a deaconess of the church in Rome; her feast day (January 25) is celebrated in Russia as Tatyana's Day and Students' Day; she is one of the most venerated saints in the Russian Orthodox Church, and the name Tatiana became enormously popular in Russia in her honour.
- Tatiana Larina — The heroine of Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse Eugene Onegin (1833), widely considered the finest female character in Russian literature; her moral integrity, passionate nature, and quiet strength made her an ideal of Russian womanhood; Pushkin reportedly said he was in love with his own creation.