Girl · Estonian (probably from Dorothea)
Tiiu
Say it: TEE-oo
Meaning
An Estonian folk name, usually taken as a short form of Dorothea, though this is not certain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Very common in mid-20th-century Estonia, rare for babies now.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 1970, about 1 in 349,600 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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