Tia
Tia, a short and sweet name I thought. I first noticed this name in our apartment WhatsApp group two years ago. Tia mostly asked questions in the group, and signed off with her name at the bottom of every message. I wondered why she used a man’s WhatsApp number to ask questions, ‘May be she wanted to keep her number private or most unlikely she did not have a WhatsApp number?’ ‘What’s in a name?’ they say. However, nay, I am fond of short names and have the habit of checking the meanings of such names. Google tells me Tia is a Christian girl name meaning happiness or princess. The Greek word Tia means Goddess or Godly. The Hebrew origin says Tia is the nickname of Tamara, daughter-in-law of Judah. Great, so the name has been around for a really long time. Now that I had already named my daughter Aditi, I didn’t stand a chance of using this name in the immediate future. Aditi was another such name, not an uncommon name though; but it stuck to my head ever since I heard th