Tinatin

The name derives from the Georgian word "Atinati" which means reflection of sun rays.

The available Georgian name sources do not mention the word ათინათი (atinati) in connection to თინათინ (Tinatin) and თინათინი (Tinatini):

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• Tinatin: https://kids.ge/baby-name?id=93 (in Georgian)
• Tinatini: https://kids.ge/baby-name?id=2141 (in Georgian)
• http://www.geogen.ge/ge/wsearch/4311/ (in Georgian; scroll down to the entry for Tinatin at the bottom)
• http://www.nplg.gov.ge/gwdict/index.php?a=term&d=14&t=92976 (in Georgian)
• რა გქვია შენ? (2003) written by ზურაბ ჭუმბურიძე (Zurab Chumburidze): https://saba.com.ge/books/details/336 (in Georgian)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130122113737/http://www.open.ge/art/Georgian_names.htm (in English)

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However, it would definitely make sense for Tinatin to come from ათინათი (atinati)! I see that at least the Georgian Wiktionary connects them to each other:

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• atinati: https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/ათინათი (in Georgian)
• Tinatini: https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/თინათინი (in Georgian)

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Wiktionary is still only one source, though. Hopefully in the future there will be more sources that confirm the connection between the two! :)

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With that said, I would like to end my comment by sharing a dictionary source for the word ათინათი (atinati), since there appears to be a paucity of such sources:

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http://www.nplg.gov.ge/gwdict/index.php?a=term&d=14&t=4919 (in Georgian)