Tiffany

English

Etymology

From a surname based on a medieval given name Theophania, from Ancient Greek theos "god"+phainein"to appear", traditionally given to girls born at Epiphany.

Proper noun

Tiffany

1. A northern English surname.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname.

Quotations

• 1985 Ed McBain: Snow White and Rose Red: page 130:

  "That's her real name, you know. I mean, a lot of girls working the topless joints, they take exotic, sexy names...well, Tiffany Carter, for example...but that was the name Tracy was born with."

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒂凡尼 (cmn) (Dìfánní), 蒂芬妮 (cmn) (Dìfēnnī)

• French: Tiphaine (fr) f

• Japanese: ティファニー (ja) (Tifanī)
• Korean: 티파니 (ko) (Tipani)
• Russian: Тиффани (ru) (Tíffani) f (indeclinable)