Tin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Din in IN India, US United States, MY Malaysia and 12 more, Tun in MM Myanmar (Burma), ตน์ in TH Thailand and Tanee in SE Sweden.

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 22 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◐

Tin is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name56K records spelled Tin17 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Tín, Tïn, Tïñ, Tîñ, Țíń

• Croatian given name26K records spelled Tin13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Тин, Tín, Tiñ, Tîñ

• a separate given name16K records spelled Tin20 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Tín, Tįň, Ťîñ, Tïn, Tỉn

• a separate given name5.2K records spelled Tin4 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Tiň, Tịn, Tín

• Hindi given name2.8K records spelled Tin8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, United States, Hong Kong

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Tïñ, Tỉn, Tiñ, Tîn, Tín

61 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●

Tin 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 Vietnamese, to believe; to trust; to have faith

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

• In cdo, ■ leave undone : use<l for the coll. Jiu, q. V. : ",tiu pok、 ha、 cannot get rid of ； com., "、ti'4 Hi&nffy to dishonor, to ruin one's good name ； k^e* kak^ to throw away helmet and mail ； met" ruined in one's business ； COLL., '\tiu saSk, to dash it down ； "'tiu sio/ii 'penff, to throw aside, as work in a strike, &c. ； (" (tiu tik、 to lie stretched out.

  as a word·An Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect

• In Akan, tim, red. v. s. tim, to be impressed: n'dsipdtere asennade- w4 t. ho (miamia hg), the marks of the nails on the soles of Jti^ sitoes are impressed or to be seen there. — x?. (~ tim 4.) to hold fast, with or without one's consent; to force. — 3. t. .. so, to keep close together; wot. sika no so. — 4. t. nhoma (so), to print a book, to imprint

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In kr, 8. a kind of grass for thatching houses, reed -grass

  as a word·Kanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)

• In men, closely, steadily, earnestly. A nya gbéle tin _

  as a word·Vocabulary of the Mende Language

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) — 40 years between 1979–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Tin Tutb. 1895MMBurmese politician (1895-1948)
• Tin Aung Myint Oob. 1950MMGeneral and Vice President of Burma
• Tin Gomesb. 1960BRBrazilian politician
• Tin Myint Aungb. 1967MMBurmese association football player
• Tin Vodopivecb. 1982SISlovenian comedian
• Tin Tokićb. 1985ITCroatian handball player
• Tin Patrimoniob. 1991PHFilipino actress and tennis player
• Tin Jedvajb. 1995HRCroatian association football player
• Tin Srbićb. 1996HRCroatian artistic gymnast
• Tin Penavicactor

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 · 250 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tin?

We estimate roughly 355 thousand people bear Tin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Tin have the most bearers?

Tin is most frequently recorded in Myanmar (Burma), where it is most often spelled tun.

How common is Tin compared with other names?

In Myanmar (Burma), Tin is the 6th most common given name of 9,034 given names recorded there.

Is Tin a male or female name?

Tin 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 Tin mean?

Recorded meaning: A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.