Tiffany

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 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◐

Tiffany is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name189K records spelled Tiffany2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Tíffany

• French given name141K records spelled Tiffany21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Tiffàny, Tïffänÿ, Tïffãny, Tíffãnÿ, Tîffãnÿ

• Portuguese given name57K records spelled Tiffany3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal, United Kingdom

  Also written Tíffany, Tïffäňý

• Chinese given name20K records spelled Tiffany3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China

  Languages: Chinese, Burmese

  Also written Tiffâný

• Arabic given name15K records spelled Tiffany6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Palestine

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

  Also written טיפאני, Ťīffâñý

• Polish given name15K records spelled Tiffany33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Russian

  Also written Тиффани, Tiffani, Tifani, Tiffanie, Тифани

• Indonesian given name13K records spelled Tiffany3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Tiffany

70 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●

Tiffany is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from Late Latin Theophania, via French Tiphaine/Tiphine, meaning 'the manifestation of God'; first attested Tephania Hy 2 Gilb (L)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, A northern English surname.

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

• In English, city, Georgia

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Tiflis [Tbilisi]

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, ) Tiffani ['tifam]: in den 1970er-

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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) — 84 years between 1942–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Tiffanyb. 1971USAmerican singer
• Tiffany Haddishb. 1979USAmerican comedian and actress (born 1979)
• Tiffany Taylorb. 1980USAmerican pornographic actress (born 1980)
• Tiffany Pollardb. 1982USAmerican television personality
• Tiffany Hsub. 1984TWTaiwanese actress and model
• Tiffany Thorntonb. 1986USAmerican actress
• Tiffany Porterb. 1987GBBritish hurdler
• Tiffany Hwangb. 1989USSouth Korean-American singer, actress and model
• Tiffany Trumpb. 1993USAmerican socialite, research assistant and reality television personality (born 1993)
• Tiffany Espensenb. 1999CNAmerican actress

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 · 862 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tiffany?

We estimate roughly 322 thousand people bear Tiffany (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Tiffany have the most bearers?

We estimate about 293 thousand people bear Tiffany in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled tiffany.

Where is Tiffany most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tiffany is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 796 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Tiffany compared with other names?

In the United States, Tiffany is the 196th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Tiffany a male or female name?

Tiffany is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Tiffany mean?

Recorded meaning: from the medieval female name Tiffania, via Old French from Greek Theophania, ‘vision of god’.