Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name from Latin.
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.
1962, Marion Karl Wisehart, Sam Houston, American Giant, R. B. Luce, page 60
Origin
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).
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Rhymes with Tiana
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Cite this entry
APA
Tiana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiana
MLA
“Tiana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiana. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tiana,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiana.
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