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Help[Opinions] Re: It does come from Tiana (m)
in reply to a message by Perrine
The Australian accent is largely non-rhotic, so the ‘r’ isn’t pronounced - Tiana and Tiarna are pronounced exactly the same.
I suspect that Tierney pops up as a result of the general popularity of other Tee- names, rather than the other way around. I almost included it in my stats as it tends to show up in the years when lots of Tiana variations are in the data.
https://nanowrimo.org/participants/christine-seaforth-finch
http://christineseaforthfinch.blogspot.com/
I suspect that Tierney pops up as a result of the general popularity of other Tee- names, rather than the other way around. I almost included it in my stats as it tends to show up in the years when lots of Tiana variations are in the data.
http://christineseaforthfinch.blogspot.com/
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In the other thread she wrote this:
A "tiarna" (Irish), or "tighearna" (Scottish), both from the Old Irish "tigerna", is a lord in the Gaelic world and languages.
So it is an Irish word apparently. From which Tierney evolved.
A "tiarna" (Irish), or "tighearna" (Scottish), both from the Old Irish "tigerna", is a lord in the Gaelic world and languages.
So it is an Irish word apparently. From which Tierney evolved.
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The thing is that the Irish word tiarna is pronounced TEER-nuh, not tee-AHN-uh. It wouldn’t make any linguistic sense for Tiarne (tee-AHN) to come from a masculine Irish word that is pronounced completely differently, rather than just being an alternative spelling of a nearly identical, fairly popular girls’ name.
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Yes, that is true!
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