Tiffany (given name)
| Tiffany | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | TIF-ah-nee |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | from Θεοφάνεια, Theophania-manifestation of God, appearance of God |
| Region of origin | Greece |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Teffan, Teffania, Teffany, Tephania, Teph'na, Theffanie, Theophanes, Theophania, Theophano, Thiphania, Tiffan, Tiffani, Tiffania, Tiffanie, Tiffanni, Tiphaine, Tiphanie, Tiphina, Tyffayne.[1] |
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Tiffany /ˈtɪfəniː/ is an English form of the Greek Theophania. It was formerly often given to children born on the feast of Theophania, that is, Epiphany.[2] The equivalent Greek male name is Theophanes (Θεοφάνης), commonly shortened to Phanis (Φάνης) and the female is Theophania (Θεοφανία) or Theophano (Θεοφανώ), colloquially Phani (Φανή).
The name was popular in the US during the 1980s and early 1990s - between 1980 and 1991 the number of babies named Tiffany born each year exceeded 10,000, peaking at 18,361 in 1988. [3]
People with this name include:
People
- Tiffany (born Stephanie Hwang), Korean-American singer, a member of Girls' Generation
- Tiffany, stage name used by Tiffany Darwish, American pop singer
- Tiffany Bolling, American actress and singer
- Tiffany Brissette, American child actress
- Tiffany Chin, American figure skater
- Tifanie Christun, American voice actress
- Tiffany Cherry, Australian sports broadcaster
- Tiffany Dupont, American actress
- Tiffany Evans, American singer and actress
- Tiffany Fallon, American model
- Tiffany Granath, American actress and radio personality
- Tiffany Helm, American actress
- Tiffany Limos, American actress
- Tiffany Montgomery, birth name of Ryan Starr, American singer and actress
- Tiffany Moore, American 12-year-old girl murdered in 1988
- Tiffany Mynx, American pornographic actress and film director
- Tiffany Paulsen, Canadian politician
- Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality
- Tiffany Scott, American figure skater
- Tiffany Selby, American model
- Tiffany Taylor (model), American nude model
- Tiffany Taylor (pornographic actress), American pornographic actress
- Taryn Terrell, a former WWE performer, who goes by the ring name of "Tiffany"
- Tiffany Trump, daughter of Donald Trump and Marla Maples
- Tiffany Thornton, American actress and singer
- Tiffany van Soest, American kickboxer
- Tiffany Villarreal, American singer
- Tiffany Vise, American figure skater
Fictional characters
- Tiffany Aching, a character from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- Tiffany Case, a character from the James Bond novel and movie Diamonds Are Forever
- Tiffany Lords, a character from the Rival Schools video game series
- Tiffany Mitchell, a character on the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Another character, Tiffany Dean, was named after her.
- Tiffany (comics), a character in the comic book Spawn
- Tiffany Malloy (character), a character from the sitcom Unhappily Ever After.
- Tiffany (Child's Play), one of the antagonists in Bride of Chucky as well as Seed of Chucky
See also
- Tiffanie (given name), an alternate spelling of Tiffany
- Theophania (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ Brian M. Scott, Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, 1994 s.v. Theophania
- ↑ Elizabeth Gidley Withycombe, The Oxford dictionary of English Christian names, 1947
- ↑ http://www.babynameshub.com/girl-names/Tiffany.html