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My name's Taina.
I'm caribbean.
And I don't know about the origin of my name.
This site tells it comes from the male name Titus or something, a name used for a few saints in history.
I want to know about MY name though, not the male version :[
It's an uncommon name so I guess it's not really noted on.
I pronounce my name: Tie-Na , but it's supposed to be: Tie-ee-na because there's an accent on the I, there's 2 dots. Except, not even my mother pronounces it how it's even spelt on my birth certificates..etc. plus, people struggle pronouncing my name any way, it's just awkward explaining the double dotted that's an accent.
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So does any one know what Taina means?
-Thanks In Advance.
I'm caribbean.
And I don't know about the origin of my name.
This site tells it comes from the male name Titus or something, a name used for a few saints in history.
I want to know about MY name though, not the male version :[
It's an uncommon name so I guess it's not really noted on.
I pronounce my name: Tie-Na , but it's supposed to be: Tie-ee-na because there's an accent on the I, there's 2 dots. Except, not even my mother pronounces it how it's even spelt on my birth certificates..etc. plus, people struggle pronouncing my name any way, it's just awkward explaining the double dotted that's an accent.
:
So does any one know what Taina means?
-Thanks In Advance.
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This site says that Taina is a Finnish short form of Tatiana.
Have you asked your parents where they found the name? Since you are from the Caribbean, it's possible that your parents feminized Taino, the name of one of the most prominent Native American nations in the Caribbean Islands.
http://www.topuertorico.org/reference/taino.shtml
There are some other sites on the Web that say that Taino originally meant "good and noble people." This may be true, but I haven't yet found a site about the Taino language that confirms it.
Have you asked your parents where they found the name? Since you are from the Caribbean, it's possible that your parents feminized Taino, the name of one of the most prominent Native American nations in the Caribbean Islands.
http://www.topuertorico.org/reference/taino.shtml
There are some other sites on the Web that say that Taino originally meant "good and noble people." This may be true, but I haven't yet found a site about the Taino language that confirms it.
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