THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Tiffany
Tiffany is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Tiffany. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈtifani/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˌt̪iː.fɐˈn̪ɪ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈtipani/with nativization
- [ˌt̪iː.pɐˈn̪ɪ]with nativization
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Tiffany, from Old French Tifinie, Tiphanie, from Latin Theophania (“Epiphany”).
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Tiffany (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Tiffany, from Old French Tifinie, Tiphanie, from Medieval Latin Theophania (“Epiphany”), corresponding to theo- + -phany, from Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-, “god”) (combining form of θεός (theós, “god”)) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, appear”).
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Tiffany (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From Old French Tifinie, Tiphanie, from Latin Theophania (“Epiphany”), from Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-, “god”) (combining form of θεός (theós, “god”)) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, appear”). Doublet of theophany. The given name (from circa 12th century) was usually given to girls born at Epiphany. The surname (from late 13th century) is a dialectal variant of the surname Tiffin, which derives from the given name variant Tiffania. In modern times, the given name has been (re)popularized by the surname borne by Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of jewelry company Tiffany & Co.
A female given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary: Tiffany (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Tiffany
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Tiffany Panhilason
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Tiffany Panhilason
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Tiffany in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Tiffany
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Tiblan·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Tilano·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Tinang♀Short form of Cristina
- Tiray♀Short form of Terry and Teresita
- Tisang♀Short form of Teresa
- Ernany·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Lailany·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Remlany·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Tiffany?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Tiffany further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q16913772 — Tiffany (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Tiffany Panhilason (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16913772 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Tiffany (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Tiffany (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Tiffany (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.