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Help[Opinions] Re: Tiana
in reply to a message by peregrine
Not really. It was used for the Disney character because it'd been sort of trendy already. It's ok, doesn't stand out to me.
Being an American millennial, it seems in the group/trend of Tia, Tara, Tiara, Tanisha, Briana, Kiana, Liana, Liliana, Juliana, Eliana, Lia, Mia, Kia... I guess also Christiana and Tatiana show up in the same popularity window, but honestly, I've met more Tiaras, while Tatiana mostly calls to mind European athletes, and I mostly remember Christiana from choosing it as my name for 1st year Latin.
Claiming "princess" as a Russian/Slavic/Greek meaning seems madeup (perhaps using Tiara + Tatiana as inspiration), and as someone else said, if they're claiming "fairy queen" it seems they're relating it to Titania (I don't think they're very alike, but whatever, people can get it from that if they want). The likely "official" etymology seems like Christiana to me, although I think overall trends might ultimately have been why it was used, so there's an argument that it's not really "from" Christiana just coincides with it. I guess there's arguably some overlap with various names like Tiên, Dian, Diana, Tina considering BtN says a Vietnamese-American namesake born in the 1950s influenced its use.
Being an American millennial, it seems in the group/trend of Tia, Tara, Tiara, Tanisha, Briana, Kiana, Liana, Liliana, Juliana, Eliana, Lia, Mia, Kia... I guess also Christiana and Tatiana show up in the same popularity window, but honestly, I've met more Tiaras, while Tatiana mostly calls to mind European athletes, and I mostly remember Christiana from choosing it as my name for 1st year Latin.
Claiming "princess" as a Russian/Slavic/Greek meaning seems madeup (perhaps using Tiara + Tatiana as inspiration), and as someone else said, if they're claiming "fairy queen" it seems they're relating it to Titania (I don't think they're very alike, but whatever, people can get it from that if they want). The likely "official" etymology seems like Christiana to me, although I think overall trends might ultimately have been why it was used, so there's an argument that it's not really "from" Christiana just coincides with it. I guess there's arguably some overlap with various names like Tiên, Dian, Diana, Tina considering BtN says a Vietnamese-American namesake born in the 1950s influenced its use.
This message was edited 1/26/2024, 12:47 PM
