Tien

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Tien is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name151K records spelled Tien51 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Singapore

  Also written Tiến, Tiên, Tỉen, Tïếň, Tién

• English given name103K records spelled Tien29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Malaysia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Tiến, Tiên, Tiền, Ti-En, Ti'En

• Chinese given name24K records spelled Tien6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Taiwan, Malaysia, China

  Also written Tiến, Tiên, T'Ien, Tiền, Tiển

• a separate given name18K records spelled Tien10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore

  Also written Tiến, Tiên, T'Ien, Tiện, Tiển

• Spanish given name12K records spelled Tien23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, El Salvador, Argentina, Chile

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Tiến, Ti-En, Tiên, Tiện, Tiển

• French given name6.1K records spelled Tien10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada

  Also written Tiên, Tiến, Tïen, Tièn, Tiėn

• Hindi given name3.8K records spelled Tien14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Tiến, Tiên, Tiền, Ț̱̫̮̺̪̩̖͕̖̦͇̱̳̂͋͛̈̐̊̑̾̌̐̉͘̕͝í̢̛̛͚͍̗̗͈̱̻͎̲̟͕̈̇̋̈́͒͂̇̎̌̕͜͠ͅế̛̼̻̼̙͎͓͖̯͚̯̠͇̣̱̃̉̀̓̈́͑̈́͋̽́͌̌̚ņ̞̩̩̙̲̮̜̯̰̰͕̖͌̇͂͛́̐͂͋̾̍̄͒̚̕͜, Tiễn

• Czech given name2.1K records spelled Tien10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, United States

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Tiến, Tíen, Tiền, Tiên, Tiêń

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Tien is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Esperanto, thither, to there, (demonstrative correlative of direction)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Asturian, third-person singular present indicative of tener

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, your; belonging to you (singular)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Filipino, a Chinese surname from Mandarin

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, genitive singular of tie

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In nds, plural of Tied: times

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 51 years between 1975–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Wang Tianb. 623not in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 139941
• Lin Dianb. 1448not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 199910
• Arthur Chinb. 1913USnot in their usual nameAmerican World War II flying ace (1913–1997)
• Bai Tianb. 1952CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician born 1952
• Jeff Tien Han Ponb. 1970USAmerican businessperson and government official
• Bai Tianb. 1971CNnot in their usual nameChinese diplomat born 1971
• Lan Tianb. 1990CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
• Wu Tianb. 1993CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
• Jin Diannot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 321281
• Tianming ZhuSGnot in their usual namePh.D. National University of Singapore 2017

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 258 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tien?

We estimate roughly 5.3 thousand people bear Tien (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Tien have the most bearers?

Tien is most frequently recorded in Vietnam, where it is most often spelled tien.

How common is Tien compared with other names?

In Vietnam, Tien is the 25th most common given name of 72,115 given names recorded there.

Is Tien a male or female name?

Tien is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Tien mean?

Recorded meaning: A mistaken form of the Wade–Giles romanization T'ien of the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin 田 (Tián).