Tina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short for Kristina, Martina, Albertina and similar names.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Tina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Tina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 29 |
| 1999 | 38 |
| 2000 | 39 |
| 2001 | 22 |
| 2002 | 36 |
| 2003 | 36 |
| 2004 | 33 |
| 2005 | 21 |
| 2006 | 31 |
| 2007 | 23 |
| 2008 | 21 |
| 2009 | 24 |
| 2010 | 21 |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2012 | 13 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 14 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2018 | 15 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,750 |
| 2000 | 5,826 |
| 2001 | 5,900 |
| 2002 | 5,986 |
| 2003 | 6,093 |
| 2004 | 6,148 |
| 2005 | 6,171 |
| 2006 | 6,256 |
| 2007 | 6,316 |
| 2008 | 6,396 |
| 2009 | 6,450 |
| 2010 | 6,511 |
| 2011 | 6,553 |
| 2012 | 6,606 |
| 2013 | 6,647 |
| 2014 | 6,685 |
| 2015 | 6,731 |
| 2016 | 6,788 |
| 2017 | 6,854 |
| 2018 | 6,911 |
| 2019 | 6,952 |
| 2020 | 7,000 |
Tina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tina.Hi! My name is Tina.
- Tina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Tina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Tina i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Tina this afternoon.
- Tinas mamma är lärare.Tina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Tinas mamma is Tina's mum.
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Questions about Tina
How do you pronounce Tina in Swedish?
In IPA, Tina is /²tiːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Tina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short for Kristina, Martina, Albertina and similar names.
How popular is Tina in Sweden?
9 babies were named Tina in 2022. In 2020, 7,000 people in Sweden had Tina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2000 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.