Tiffany
Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, looking in the window of Tiffany & Co., in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's, which is thought to have spawned the modern popularity of the name.
Pronunciation/ˈtɪfəni/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameGreek
Meaningfrom Θεοφάνεια, Theophania—"manifestation of God", "appearance of God"
Region of originGreece

Tiffany /ˈtɪfəni/ is a primarily English feminine form of the Greek given name Theophania. It was formerly often given to children born on the feast of Theophania, that is, Epiphany.[1] The equivalent Greek male name is Theophanes (Θεοφάνης), commonly shortened to Phanis (Φάνης) and the female is Theophania (Θεοφανία) or Theophano (Θεοφανώ), colloquially Phani (Φανή).

The name was popular in the United States from the 1970s to early 1990s. Between 1980 and 1991 the number of babies named Tiffany born each year exceeded 10,000, peaking at 18,361 in 1988.[2] This popularity was spawned by the 1961 movie starring Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, referring to the jewelry company rather than the feast of Epiphany.[3][4]

Notable people with this name or its spelling variants include:

Tifanie

Tifany

Tiff

Tiffani

Tiffanie

Tiffany

Tiffeny

Tiffiny

  • Tiffiny Blacknell (born 1976), American lawyer, community activist, and criminal justice reform advocate
  • Tiffiny Hall (born 1984), Australian personal trainer, author, journalist, and television personality
  • Tiffiny Mitchell, American politician

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ↑ Elizabeth Gidley Withycombe, The Oxford dictionary of English Christian names, 1947
  2. ↑ "Girl Name Tiffany - Trends, Comments and Popularity of Tiffany". www.babynameshub.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. ↑ "Behind the Name"
  4. ↑ "The James Bond 007 Dossier"
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